मूलप्रकृतेः रूपकल्पनायां युक्तिःWhy a form is imagined for Mūlaprakṛti
Verse 8
शशिसूर्याग्निभिर्नित्यैरखिलं कालिकं जगत् । सम्पश्यति यतस्तस्मात् कल्पितं नयनत्रयम् ॥ ८ ॥
śaśisūryāgnibhirnityairakhilaṁ kālikaṁ jagat | sampaśyati yatastasmāt kalpitaṁ nayanatrayam || 8 ||
Translation
Because she beholds the whole world born of time with the moon, the sun and fire, which are eternal, three eyes are imagined for her.
Word by word
- śaśi
- with the moon
- sūrya
- the sun
- agnibhiḥ
- (agnibhiḥ) and fire
- nityaiḥ
- (nityaiḥ) eternal
- akhilaṁ
- the whole
- kālikaṁ
- born of time
- jagat
- world
- sampaśyati
- she beholds
- yataḥ
- (yataḥ) because
- tasmāt
- therefore
- kalpitaṁ
- are imagined
- nayana
- eyes
- trayam
- three
Meaning
Her three eyes are the three lights, moon, sun and fire, through which she sees the entire "kālika" world, the world that has arisen from time.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Kālikam: arisen from time.