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समाधिपाद,-1.Samādhi Pāda, (S.-0, Ch.-1, V.-9) |
शब्दज्ञानानुपाती वस्तुशून्यो विकल्पः ॥९॥ |
śabda-jñāna-anupātī vastu-śūnyo vikalpaḥ ॥9॥ |
shabda = word, sound, verbal expression jnana = by knowledge, knowing anupati = following, in sequence, depending upon vastu = a reality, real object, existent shunyah = devoid, without, empty vikalpah = imagination, verbal misconception or delusion, fantasy, hallucination |
Verbal delusion follows from words having no (corresponding) reality. |
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