Verses on the Recognition of the Lord· 6.2 / 11

Verses on the Recognition of the Lord6.2

6.2
भिन्नयोर् अवभासो हि स्याद् घटाघटयोर् द्वयोः प्रकाशस्येव नान्यस्य भेदिनस् त्व् अवभासनम् ॥२॥
bhinnayor avabhāso hi syād ghaṭāghaṭayor dvayoḥ prakāśasyeva nānyasya bhedinas tv avabhāsanam
— of two distinct (things) ; — appearance ; — for, indeed ; — would be (required) ; — of pot and non-pot ; — of the two ; — as of the light (consciousness) ; — not ; — of another (excluded thing) ; — which is different ; — but ; — a manifesting

For (in a determinate ascertainment) there must be an appearing of two distinct things, of pot and non-pot; but there is no separate manifesting of the other, different (thing) — as there is of the light (of consciousness itself).