TAD UPARAGA APEKSHITVAT CHITTASYA VASTU JNATAJNATAM ||17||
तदुपरागापेक्षित्वात् चित्तस्य वस्तुज्ञाताज्ञातं ॥१७॥
tad-uparāga-apekṣitvāt cittasya vastu-jñātājñātaṁ ||17||
However, whether an object, situation or person is understood or misjudged depends on the emotional preconceptions and the expectations of that which is mutable in human beings. ||17||
tad = that; whose
uparāga = coloring; to be near; excite; cause; provoke
tad-uparāga = emotional preconception
apekṣitvāt = our expectations; to expect
cittasya = for or through chitta, all that is mutable in human beings;
vastu = object; situation; person
jñāta = known; recognized
ajñātaṁ = not known; misjudged