Verses on the Recognition of the Lord· 7.10 / 14

Verses on the Recognition of the Lord7.10

7.10
किम् त्व् आलोकचयो ऽन्धस्य स्पर्शो वोष्णादिको मृदुः तत्रास्ति साधयेत् तस्य स्वज्ञानम् अघटात्मताम् ॥१०॥
kim tv ālokacayo 'ndhasya sparśo voṣṇādiko mṛduḥ tatrāsti sādhayet tasya svajñānam aghaṭātmatām
— but, rather ; — the mass of light ; — for a blind man ; — the touch ; — or ; — warm and the like ; — soft ; — there (on the ground) ; — exists ; — would establish ; — of it ; — the cognition of itself ; — the state of having a non-pot nature

Rather, it is the mass of light (for a sighted man), or the touch — warm and the like, or soft — for a blind man, that exists there; and the cognition of that alone would establish (only) its non-pot nature.