स यथा दुन्दुभेर्हन्यमानस्य न बाह्याञ्छब्दाञ्छक्नुयाद् ग्रहणाय दुन्दुभेस्तु ग्रहणेन दुन्दुभ्याघातस्य वा शब्दो गृहीतः
sa yathā dundubherhanyamānasya na bāhyāñchabdāñchaknuyād grahaṇāya dundubhestu grahaṇena dundubhyāghātasya vā śabdo gṛhītaḥ
अर्थMeaning
'Now as the sounds of a drum, when beaten, cannot be seized externally (by themselves), but the sound is seized, when the drum is seized, or the beater of the drum;
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
'जैसे बजाई जाती हुई दुन्दुभि के बाहरी शब्दों को (अलग से) पकड़ा नहीं जा सकता, पर दुन्दुभि को या दुन्दुभि बजाने वाले को पकड़ने से वह शब्द पकड़ में आ जाता है;'
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