पृथ्व्यादिभूतरहितं संकल्प इव पत्तनम् । स्वप्नोपलम्भभावाभं मनोराज्यवदाततम् ॥ १८ ॥
pṛthvyādibhūtarahitaṁ saṁkalpa iva pattanam | svapnōpalambhabhāvābhaṁ manōrājyavadātatam || 18 ||
Translation
devoid of earth and the other elements, like a city in the imagination, like things met in a dream, spread out like a kingdom of the mind,
Word by word
- pṛthvī
- earth
- ādi
- and the other
- bhūta
- elements
- rahitaṁ
- devoid of
- saṁkalpē
- in the imagination
- iva
- like
- pattanam
- a city
- svapna
- in a dream
- upalambha
- met
- bhāva
- things
- ābhaṁ
- like
- manō
- (manaḥ) of the mind
- rājya
- a kingdom
- vad
- (vat) like
- ātatam
- spread out
Meaning
Three likenesses of a world made of mind. A city one imagines has streets and houses but no earth. Things in a dream are met and handled, and are not there on waking. A kingdom of the mind is the daydream of ruling, vivid and empty.