4.23 - John Henry Thompson - Invent Your Future
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द्रष्टृदृश्योपरक्तं चित्तं सर्वार्थम् ॥२३॥
drashtri drishy opa raktam chittam sarva artham ||23||
[SS] 4.23 The mind-stuff, when colored by both Seer and seen, understands everything. [p219]
[EB] 4.23 The mind, colored by the seer as well as by that which is seen, knows all objects. [p445]
draṣṭṛ = drastu; the true self; the seer
dṛśya = that which is seen or perceived
ūpa = from close up
raktam = to color; to adjust
cittam = chitta, i.e. that which is mutable in human beings; mind
sarva = all
artham = purpose