Verses on the Recognition of the Lord· 3.5 / 7

Verses on the Recognition of the Lord3.5

3.5
भ्रान्तित्वे चावसायस्य न जडाद् विषयस्थितिः ततो ऽजाड्ये निजोल्लेखनिष्ठान् नार्थस्थितिस् ततः ॥५॥
bhrāntitve cāvasāyasya na jaḍād viṣayasthitiḥ tato 'jāḍye nijollekhaniṣṭhān nārthasthitis tataḥ
— if (the ascertainment) be erroneous ; — and ; — of the ascertainment ; — not ; — from what is insentient ; — the establishing of the object ; — from that, hence ; — if there be non-insentience (consciousness) ; — because it rests in its own representation ; — not ; — the establishing of the (external) object ; — therefrom

And if the ascertainment is erroneous, no object can be established from something insentient; while if there be consciousness, then — because it rests merely in its own representation — no (external) object is established by it either.