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( 535 ) The opening verse of the text:
रूपं दृश्यं लोचनं दृक् दृक् दृश्यं द्रष्ट मानसं
दृश्या धीवृत्तयः साक्षी द्वगेव न तु दृश्यते । The central idea of this is that all manifestations (phenomena) are unreal, and that alone which manifests them all, the All-Illuminator alone, is real. Now all the forms before us are manifested by the eye and so exist only in phenomena. So is the case with the eye to which the mind is all. The mental faculties, again, are illuminated by that which shines by itself (call it by whatever name you please). So it follows that what we call az and an alone, is real. * The concluding verse of the text:
प्रातिभासिकजीवस्य लये स्युर्यावहारिके
तल्लये सच्चिदानन्दाः पर्यवस्यन्ति साक्षिणि । The total absorption of all finite into the Infinite, Elysian Deep. The end of the commentary:
यत्तु वाक्यसुधामेतां विवृत्य विशदैः पदैः पुण्यं मयाज्जितं किञ्चित् तद्ब्रह्मणि समर्पितं ।
8345. 4293. वाक्यसुधागदृश्यप्रकरणटीका Vākyasudhād?gdyśyaprakaraṇațīkā.
Substance, country-made paper. i0x6 inches. Folia, 14. Lines, 17 on a page. Extent in slokas, 476. Character, Nagara of the 18th century. Appearance, discoloured. Complete.
The text by Sankarācārya is well-known. The commentary is anonymous. It begins :
नमो रामाय देवाय सच्चिदानन्दमूर्तये ।
दक्षाय गुरवे व्यासशङ्कराचार्यमूर्तये ॥ See IO. Catal. No. 2803.
