2097 Verse 3405

Original

तथाहि वीक्ष्यते रूपं गृध्रैर्दूरतरस्थितम् ।
तिरस्कृतं निधानादि तथा सिद्धाञ्जनादिकैः ॥ ३४०५ ॥

tathāhi vīkṣyate rūpaṃ gṛdhrairdūratarasthitam |
tiraskṛtaṃ nidhānādi tathā siddhāñjanādikaiḥ || 3405 ||

For example, vultures are able to see things lying at a very great distance: and people are enabled to perceive hidden treasures and other things by the use of unguents and collyrium with magical powers.—(3405)

Kamalaśīla

The following Text shows how the capacity of the Ear, etc. is improved by exercise:—[see verse 3405 above]

The words—‘People are enabled, etc.’—point out the improvement caused by medication.

‘Unguents, etc. with magical powers’ is construed with ‘is seen’ of the previous sentence;—the Instrumental Ending connoting cause or instrumentality.—(3405)