आबाधितोऽपि ह्याभासो यथा वस्तुतया स्मृत: । दुर्घटत्वादैन्द्रियकं तद्वदर्थविकल्पितम् ॥ ५८ ॥
abadhito ’pi hy abhaso yatha vastutaya smrtah durghatatvad aindriyakam tadvad artha-vikalpitam
- abadhitah
- rejected
- api
- although
- hi
- certainly
- abhasah
- a reflection
- yatha
- as
- vastutaya
- a form of reality
- smrtah
- accepted
- durghatatvat
- because of being very difficult to prove the reality
- aindriyakam
- knowledge derived from the senses
- tadvat
- similarly
- artha
- reality
- vikalpitam
- speculated or doubtful.
Although one may consider the reflection of the sun from a mirror to be false, it has its factual existence. Accordingly, to prove by speculative knowledge that there is no reality would be extremely difficult.