Verses on the Recognition of the Lord· 8.1 / 11

Verses on the Recognition of the Lord8.1

8.1
तात्कालिकाक्षसामक्ष्यसापेक्षाः केवलं क्व चित् आभासा अन्यथान्यत्र त्व् अन्धान्धतमसादिषु ॥१॥
tātkālikākṣasāmakṣyasāpekṣāḥ kevalaṃ kva cit ābhāsā anyathānyatra tv andhāndhatamasādiṣu
— dependent on the sense's contemporaneous proximity (to the object) ; — only, merely ; — in some cases ; — the appearances ; — otherwise ; — in other cases ; — but ; — as in the blind, in deep darkness, and the like

The appearances are dependent on the sense-faculty's contemporaneous proximity (to the object) only in some cases; in others, however — as for the blind, in deep darkness, and the like — it is otherwise.