न निर्गता अलातात्ते द्रव्यत्वाभावयोगतः ।
विज्ञानेऽपि तथैव स्युराभासस्याविशेषतः ॥ ५० ॥na nirgatā alātātte dravyatvābhāvayogataḥ |
vijñāne’pi tathaiva syurābhāsasyāviśeṣataḥ || 50 ||50. The appearances do not emerge from the firebrand because they are not of the nature of a substance. This also applies to Consciousness on account of the similarity of appearances (in both cases).
Shankara Bhashya (commentary)
Moreover, those appearances do not emerge from the fire-brand as something that comes out of a house. The reason is that appearances are not of the nature of substance. The appearances have no reality. Entrance, etc., can be said of a real thing but not of anything unreal. The appearance of birth, etc., in the case of consciousness is exactly similar, for,1 appearances are of the same nature in both the cases.
Anandagiri Tika (glossary)
1 For, etc.—In both cases, appearances are due to the ignorance of the perceiver. Birth, death, etc., are, really speaking, illusory. They have no real existence. Therefore these are called mere appearances.