यथा नभसि मेघौघो रेणुर्वा पार्थिवोऽनिले । एवं द्रष्टरि दृश्यत्वमारोपितमबुद्धिभि: ॥ ३१ ॥
yatha nabhasi meghaugho renur va parthivo ’nile evam drastari drsyatvam aropitam abuddhibhih
- yatha
- as it is
- nabhasi
- in the sky
- megha-oghah
- a mass of clouds
- renuh
- dust
- va
- as well as
- parthivah
- muddiness
- anile
- in the air
- evam
- thus
- drastari
- to the seer
- drsyatvam
- for the purpose of seeing
- aropitam
- is implied
- abuddhibhih
- by the less intelligent persons.
Clouds and dust are carried by the air, but less intelligent persons say that the sky is cloudy and the air is dirty. Similarly, they also implant material bodily conceptions on the spirit self.