दृश्यमाना विनार्थेन न दृश्यन्ते मनोभवा: । कर्मभिर्ध्यायतो नानाकर्माणि मनसोऽभवन् ॥ २४ ॥
drsyamana vinarthena na drsyante manobhavah karmabhir dhyayato nana- karmani manaso ’bhavan
- drsyamanah
- being perceived
- vina
- without
- arthena
- substance or reality
- na
- not
- drsyante
- are seen
- manobhavah
- creations of mental concoction
- karmabhih
- by fruitive activities
- dhyayatah
- meditating upon
- nana
- various
- karmani
- fruitive activities
- manasah
- from the mind
- abhavan
- appear.
These visible objects like wife, children and property are like dreams and mental concoctions. Actually what we see has no permanent existence. It is sometimes seen and sometimes not. Only because of our past actions do we create such mental concoctions, and because of these concoctions, we perform further activities.