मन इति मनोविदो बुद्धिरिति च तद्विदः ।
चित्तमिति चित्तविदो धर्माधर्मौ च तद्विदः ॥ २५ ॥mana iti manovido buddhiriti ca tadvidaḥ |
cittamiti cittavido dharmādharmau ca tadvidaḥ || 25 ||25. The Cognizers1 of the mind call It the mind;2 of3 the Buddhi (intellect) the Buddhi4; of the Chitta (mind-stuff), the Chitta5; and the Knowers6 of Dharma (righteousness) and Adharma (unrighteousness) call It the one7 or the other.
Anandagiri Tika (glossary)
1 Cognizers, etc.—i.e., a sect of the materialists.
2 Mind—This theory is also not tenable as mind is also an object, an instrument of the perceiving ego.
3 Of, etc.—They are a class of Buddhists.
4 Buddhi—This is also a wrong view of the Reality, as the functionings of Buddhi disappear at the time of deep sleep. Further Buddhi is also an object cognized by the perceiver.
5 Chitta—Chitta is an aspect of mind which has no particular •external form. It cannot be Ātman for the reasons given regarding mind.
6 Knowers, etc.—i.e., the Mimāmsakas.
7 The one, etc.—None of these can be the Ultimate Reality because one cannot be conceived without the other and they have no absolute standard. They vary with different conditions of time and country.