मनःपवनपर्यस्तभूरिभूतरजःपटा । पातोत्पातपरावर्तपराभिनयभूषिता ॥ १३ ॥
manaḥpavanaparyastabhūribhūtarajaḥpaṭā | pātōtpātaparāvartaparābhinayabhūṣitā || 13 ||
Translation
Its garment the dust of many beings tossed about by the wind of the mind, adorned with the fine acting of falls, rises and returns,
Word by word
- manaḥ
- of the mind
- pavana
- by the wind
- paryasta
- tossed about
- bhūri
- many
- bhūta
- of beings
- rajaḥ
- the dust
- paṭā
- its garment
- pāta
- of falls
- utpāta
- rises
- parāvarta
- and returns
- para
- fine
- abhinaya
- with the acting
- bhūṣitā
- adorned
Meaning
Verses 13 to 16 picture the world as a dancer. Her robe is the dust of beings, blown about by the wind of the mind; her art is the acting out of falls to hell, rises to heaven and returns to earth, as the commentary says. The dancer imagery of 1.25 returns, now for the whole world-order.