अलाते स्पन्दमाने वै नाऽभासा अन्यतोभुवः ।
न ततोऽन्यत्र निस्पन्दान्नालातं प्रविशन्ति ते ४९ ॥alāte spandamāne vai nā”bhāsā anyatobhuvaḥ |
na tato’nyatra nispandānnālātaṃ praviśanti te || 49 ||49. When the fire-brand is in motion, the appearances (that are seen in it) do not come from elsewhere. When, the fire-brand is not moved, the appearances do not go elsewhere from the motionless fire-brand. Further, the appearances, when the fire-brand is not moved, do not enter into the fire-brand itself.
Shankara Bhashya (commentary)
Moreover, when that very fire-brand is in motion, the appearances, straight or crooked, etc., do not come to it from anywhere else outside the fire-brand. Nor do the appearances go elsewhere from the fire-brand when it is motionless. Nor, again, do the appearances, enter into the fire-brand when it is motionless.
Anandagiri Tika (glossary)
What actually exists is a point. But the mind, on account of its ignorance, sees in it various forms.