योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-167, verse-30
सद्रूपो यदि बाह्योऽर्थो विद्यते तत्तदुत्थिता ।
स्मृतिः कारणतामेतु नामाद्यजगतः स्थितेः ॥ ३० ॥
स्मृतिः कारणतामेतु नामाद्यजगतः स्थितेः ॥ ३० ॥
sadrūpo yadi bāhyo'rtho vidyate tattadutthitā ,
smṛtiḥ kāraṇatāmetu nāmādyajagataḥ sthiteḥ 30
smṛtiḥ kāraṇatāmetu nāmādyajagataḥ sthiteḥ 30
30.
Though the external world is said to be a reality, it is because of its beings a concept of the divine mind, out of which it has risen to view; and reminiscence is said to be its cause also, by reason of our remembrance of the first creation, which continue all along with us.