त्रीणि ग्रन्थसहस्राणि व्याख्यानाख्यायिकामयम् । इत्थं जगदहंभावरूपस्थितिमुपागतम् ॥ २९ ॥
trīṇi granthasahasrāṇi vyākhyānākhyāyikāmayam | itthaṁ jagadahaṁbhāvarūpasthitimupāgatam || 29 ||
Translation
three thousand verses, made of explanations and stories. Thus the world came to stand in the form of the sense of 'I',
Word by word
- trīṇi
- three
- grantha
- verses
- sahasrāṇi
- thousand
- vyākhyāna
- of explanations
- ākhyāyikā
- and stories
- mayam
- made
- itthaṁ
- thus
- jagad
- the world
- ahaṁbhāva
- of the sense of I
- rūpa
- in the form
- sthitim
- to stand
- upāgatam
- came
Meaning
The fourth book, the commentary says, gives the true account of the world and its ground, with many stories. How does the world continue? In the form of ahaṁbhāva, the sense of 'I'. The world persists as long as the one who says 'I' to it does.