यथाम्भसा प्रचलता तरवोऽपि चला इव । चक्षुषा भ्राम्यमाणेन दृश्यते चलतीव भू: ॥ २३ ॥
yathambhasa pracalata taravo ’pi cala iva caksusa bhramyamanena drsyate calativa bhuh
- yatha
- just as
- ambhasa
- by water
- pracalata
- moving
- taravah
- the trees (on the bank of the river)
- api
- also
- calah
- moving
- iva
- as if
- caksusa
- by the eye
- bhramyamanena
- moving
- drsyate
- is seen
- calati
- moving
- iva
- as if
- bhuh
- the ground.
Because of the movements of the water, the trees on the bank of a river, when reflected on the water, seem to move. Similarly, when the eyes move because of some mental derangement, the land appears to move also.