विपर्ययो मिथ्याज्ञानमतद्रूप प्रतिष्ठम् ॥८॥
viparyayo mithyā-jñānam-atadrūpa pratiṣṭham ॥8॥
viparyaya = error; false perception; false knowledge
mithyā = false; misleading
jñānam = knowledge; insight; idea; concept
a = not
tad = that; which; whose
rūpa = form; nature
atadrūpa = different form
pratiṣṭham = rooted, calming, compatible
Error arises from knowledge that is based on a false mental construct. ||8||
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