द्रष्टृदृश्यक्रमं प्रौढमित्यत्र परिकीर्तितम् । दशदिङ्मण्डलाभोगभासुरोऽयं जगद्भ्रमः ॥ ३० ॥
draṣṭṛdṛśyakramaṁ prauḍhamityatra parikīrtitam | daśadiṅmaṇḍalābhōgabhāsurō’yaṁ jagadbhramaḥ || 30 ||
Translation
and the full-grown order of seer and seen is declared there. This illusion of the world, shining with the expanse of the ten directions,
Word by word
- draṣṭṛ
- of seer
- dṛśya
- and seen
- kramaṁ
- the order
- prauḍham
- full-grown
- iti
- thus
- atra
- there
- parikīrtitam
- is declared
- daśa
- of the ten
- diṅ
- (dik) directions
- maṇḍala
- with the circle
- ābhōga
- the expanse
- bhāsurō
- (bhāsuraḥ) shining
- ayaṁ
- this
- jagad
- of the world
- bhramaḥ
- illusion
Meaning
The commentary: Brahman itself, taking on the state of seer and seen, appears as the world and as the I, and this is described in the Sthiti book. The world-illusion is called bright and wide, filling all the directions. It is not small or dim, and that is why it is so convincing.