Dṛśya
दृश्यनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neutro) · दृश् धातु (dṛś — ver) + य प्रत्यय (particípio passivo)
dṛśya
Metaphysics
AI translationThe observed; that which is seen, object of consciousness
Dṛśya is everything that appears as an object of consciousness: body, senses, mind, thoughts, emotions, external world. It is the correlate of dṛk (the observer). The analysis dṛg-dṛśya-viveka is central in Vedānta: whatever can be observed is not the observer; therefore, no object is ātman. The body is dṛśya for the mind; the mind is dṛśya for the witness consciousness; the witness consciousness (sākṣin) is the only dṛk that cannot be objectified.
Occurrence in the corpus
॥ १३ ॥ 【भाष्यम्】 यद्यपि आत्मविनाशनिमित्तो मोहो सम्भवति नित्य आत्मा इति विजानतः तथापि शीतोष्णसुखदुःखप्राप्तिनिमित्तो मोहो लौकिको दृश्यते सुखवियोगनिमित्तो मोहः दुःखसंयोगनिमित्तश्च शोकः इत्येतदर्जुनस्य वचनमाशङ्क्य भगवानाह मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत
|| 13 || 【bhāṣyam】 yadyapi ātmavināśanimitto moho sambhavati nitya ātmā iti vijānataḥ tathāpi śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhaprāptinimitto moho laukiko dṛśyate sukhaviyoganimitto mohaḥ duḥkhasaṃyoganimittaśca śokaḥ ityetadarjunasya vacanamāśaṅkya bhagavānāha mātrāsparśāstu kaunteya śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhadāḥ āgamāpāyino'nityāstāṃstitikṣasva bhārata
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Vishva Vidya (2026). Dṛśya (दृश्य). Vishva Vidya — Vedanta. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/drsya
Vishva Vidya. "Dṛśya (दृश्य)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026, https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/drsya.
Vishva Vidya. "Dṛśya (दृश्य)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/drsya.
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