कुतोऽप्युत्पन्न एवाऽऽशु ततोऽहं समुपस्थितः । पितुस्तस्य पुनः शीघ्रमूर्मिरूर्मेरिवाऽनघ ॥ २५ ॥
kutō’pyutpanna ēvā’’śu tatō’haṁ samupasthitaḥ | pitustasya punaḥ śīghramūrmirūrmērivā’nagha || 25 ||
Translation
Born at once from somewhere or other, I stood before that father of mine, sinless one, quickly, as one wave rises beside another.
Word by word
- kutō
- (kutaḥ) from somewhere
- api
- or other
- utpanna
- born
- ēva
- just
- āśu
- at once
- tatō
- (tataḥ) then
- ahaṁ
- I
- samupasthitaḥ
- stood before
- pitus
- (pituḥ) father
- tasya
- that
- punaḥ
- then
- śīghram
- quickly
- ūrmir
- (ūrmiḥ) a wave
- ūrmēr
- (ūrmeḥ) from a wave
- iva
- as
- anagha
- sinless one
Meaning
Kuto'pi, from I know not where. The commentary reads it as the inexpressible working of māyā. Even Vasiṣṭha cannot say from what he came, only that he appeared. The wave image of verse 12 returns: Viṣṇu rose from the ocean, and now Vasiṣṭha rises from Brahmā as one wave from another. So the difference between the father and the son is as real as the difference between two waves, which have their own shapes for a moment and share all their water. Anyone who has wondered where a thought came from has met this kuto'pi. Look for the place the next thought comes from, and you will find no such place.