4.16 - John Henry Thompson - Invent Your Future
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न चैकचित्ततन्त्रं चेद्वस्तु तदप्रमाणकं तदा किं स्यात् ॥१६॥
na chaika chitta tantram chedvastu tad apramanakam tada kim syat ||16||
[SS] 4.16 Nor does an object’s exsistence depend upon a single mind, for if it did, what would become of that object when that mind did not perceive it? [p215]
[EB] 4.16 An object is not dependent on a single mind [for its existence]; if it were, then what happens to it when it is not perceived [by that particular mind]? [p434]
na = not
ca = and
eka = one
citta = mind; spirit; all that is mutable in human beings;
tantram = dependent
cet = is
vastu = object; thing
tat = that
apramāṇakaṁ = not recognized; not perceived
tadā = then
kim = what
syāt = happen