Kaivalya Pada
Sentence 23
drashtri drishy opa raktam chittam sarva artham ||23||
द्रष्टृदृश्योपरक्तं चित्तं सर्वार्थम् ॥२३॥
draṣṭṛ-dṛśy-opa-raktaṁ cittaṁ sarva-artham ||23||
The actual purpose of that which is mutable in human beings (chitta) is to see close up both the observer (drashtu) and the observed object. ||23||
drashtri (द्रष्टृ, draṣṭṛ) = (iic.) drastu; the true self; the seer
drishya (दृश्य, dṛśya) = (nom. sg. f. from drishya (दृश्य, dṛśya); i. sg. f. from drisha (दृश, dṛśa)) that which is seen or perceived
upa (ऊप, ūpa) = (pft. ac. pl. from vap (वप्, vap)) from close up
raktam (रक्तम्, raktam) = (acc. sg. m./acc. sg. n./nom. sg. n. from rakta (रक्त, rakta)) to color; to adjust
chittam (चित्तम्, cittam) = (acc. sg. m./acc. sg. n./nom. sg. n. from chitta (चित्त, citta)) chitta, i.e. that which is mutable in human beings; mind
sarva (सर्व, sarva) = (iic.) all
artham (अर्थम्, artham) = (acc. sg. m. from artha (अर्थ, artha)) purpose
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