योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-168, verse-6
भित्तिमात्रं यथा चित्रजगदालोकमात्रकम् ।
चिति चिद्व्योममात्रात्म तथैवाभासमात्रकम् ॥ ६ ॥
चिति चिद्व्योममात्रात्म तथैवाभासमात्रकम् ॥ ६ ॥
bhittimātraṃ yathā citrajagadālokamātrakam ,
citi cidvyomamātrātma tathaivābhāsamātrakam 6
citi cidvyomamātrātma tathaivābhāsamātrakam 6
6.
As a picture is nothing except its canvas, so the world which is no more than a painting, is drawn on the substratum of the intellect; and this is a vacuous substance, with the lustre of the world in it.