द्रव्योपलब्धिस्थानस्य द्रव्येक्षायोग्यता यदा । तत्पञ्चत्वमहंमानादुत्पत्तिर्द्रव्यदर्शनम् ॥ ४५ ॥ यथाक्ष्णोर्द्रव्यावयवदर्शनायोग्यता यदा । तदैव चक्षुषो द्रष्टुर्द्रष्टृत्वायोग्यतानयो: ॥ ४६ ॥
dravyopalabdhi-sthanasya dravyeksayogyata yada tat pancatvam aham-manad utpattir dravya-darsanam yathaksnor dravyavayava- darsanayogyata yada tadaiva caksuso drastur drastrtvayogyatanayoh
- dravya
- of objects
- upalabdhi
- of perception
- sthanasya
- of the place
- dravya
- of objects
- iksa
- of perception
- ayogyata
- incapability
- yada
- when
- tat
- that
- pancatvam
- death
- aham-manat
- from the misconception of “I”
- utpattih
- birth
- dravya
- the physical body
- darsanam
- viewing
- yatha
- just as
- aksnoh
- of the eyes
- dravya
- of objects
- avayava
- parts
- darsana
- of seeing
- ayogyata
- incapability
- yada
- when
- tada
- then
- eva
- indeed
- caksusah
- of the sense of sight
- drastuh
- of the seer
- drastrtva
- of the faculty of seeing
- ayogyata
- incapability
- anayoh
- of both of these
When the eyes lose their power to see color or form due to morbid affliction of the optic nerve, the sense of sight becomes deadened. The living entity, who is the seer of both the eyes and the sight, loses his power of vision. In the same way, when the physical body, the place where perception of objects occurs, is rendered incapable of perceiving, that is known as death. When one begins to view the physical body as one’s very self, that is called birth.