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Upadeshasahasri 19.9

19.9 Shankaracharya

द्रष्टा च दृश्यं च तथा च दर्शनं भ्रमः स सर्वस्तव कल्पितो हि सः । दृशेश्च भिन्नं न हि दृश्यमीक्ष्यते स्वपन्विबोधे च तथा न भिद्यते ॥

draṣṭā ca dṛśyaṃ ca tathā ca darśanaṃ bhramaḥ sa sarvastava kalpito hi saḥ | dṛśeśca bhinnaṃ na hi dṛśyamīkṣyate svapanvibodhe ca tathā na bhidyate ||

Seer, seen and seeing: all that error is imagined by you. Nothing seen is ever perceived as separate from seeing itself; just as in dream, so in waking it is not divided.

द्रष्टा, दृश्य और दर्शन, यह सारा भ्रम तुम्हारा ही कल्पित है। दृश्य कभी दृष्टि (चेतना) से अलग देखा नहीं जाता; जैसे स्वप्न में, वैसे ही जागने पर भी वह भिन्न नहीं होता।

Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ

Everything you experience appears within awareness, never outside it. Noticing this can soften the sense of being a small observer cut off from life.

आप जो कुछ अनुभव करते हैं वह चेतना के भीतर ही प्रकट होता है, उसके बाहर नहीं। यह देखना जीवन से कटे छोटे दर्शक होने का भाव नरम कर सकता है।

The Self tells the mind that the split into seer, seen and seeing is a projection of the mind; nothing seen is ever found apart from pure seeing (consciousness), in dream or waking.

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