Verses on the Recognition of the Lord· 8.3 / 11

Verses on the Recognition of the Lord8.3

8.3
सुखादिषु च सौख्यादिहेतुष्व् अपि च वस्तुषु अवभासस्य सद्भावे ऽप्य् अतीतत्वात् तथा स्थितिः ॥३॥
sukhādiṣu ca saukhyādihetuṣv api ca vastuṣu avabhāsasya sadbhāve 'py atītatvāt tathā sthitiḥ
— with respect to pleasures and the like ; — and ; — with respect to the causes of pleasure and the like ; — and also ; — with respect to the (real) things ; — of the appearance ; — even when (its) existence is present ; — even ; — because of (their) being past ; — thus, in that (past) form ; — their status, their abiding

And with respect to pleasures and the like, to the causes of pleasure and the like, and also to (real) things — even when their appearance is present (in memory) — because they are past, their status is just that (of the past).