सत्तामात्रकुमुद्वत्या चिज्ज्योत्स्नापरिफुल्लया । वपुर्विनोदयत्येकं क्रियाप्रियतमान्वितः ॥ २८ ॥
sattāmātrakumudvatyā cijjyōtsnāpariphullayā | vapurvinōdayatyēkaṁ kriyāpriyatamānvitaḥ || 28 ||
Translation
With his beloved, Action, he delights his one body by the night-lily of mere existence, in full bloom with the moonlight of consciousness.
Word by word
- sattā
- of existence
- mātra
- mere
- kumudvatyā
- by the night-lily
- cit
- of consciousness
- jyōtsnā
- with the moonlight
- pariphullayā
- in full bloom
- vapur
- (vapuḥ) body
- vinōdayati
- he delights
- ēkaṁ
- his one
- kriyā
- Action
- priyatamā
- his beloved
- anvitaḥ
- with
Meaning
Here the sarga turns. Time is pictured as a lover with his beloved, kriyā, action; they delight in a pond where a lily blooms: sattāmātra, "mere existence", opened by the moonlight of cit, consciousness. The commentary: in the moon of the consciousness that underlies all, the lily of existence blooms. Behind Time's play stand being and consciousness, the two marks of Brahman. The reader is shown for the first time what Time rests on.