Vedantasara - Verse 40

Sanskrit

यथा वनस्य व्यष्ट्यभिप्रायेण वृक्षा इत्यनेकत्वव्यपदेशो यथा वा जलाशयस्य व्यष्ट्यभिप्रायेण जलानीति तथाज्ञानस्य व्यष्ट्यभिप्रायेण तदनेकत्वव्यपदेशः “इन्द्रो मायाभिः पुरुरूप ईयते” (ऋग्वेद ६.४७.१८) इत्यादिश्रुतेः

Swami Nikhilananda's Translation

As a forest, from the standpoint of the units that compose it, may be designated as a number of trees, and as a reservoir from the same point of view may be spoken of as quantities of water, so also ignorance when denoting separate units is spoken of as many; as in such Sruti passages as, “Indra through Maya appears as of many forms” (Rig-Veda VI-47-18).

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