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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 2.17.32

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 17 · Verse 32

Verse 32

पञ्चमं पावनं प्रोक्तं युक्तिसन्ततिसुन्दरम् । इदं जगदहं त्वं च स इति भ्रान्तिरुत्थिता ॥ ३२ ॥

pañcamaṁ pāvanaṁ prōktaṁ yuktisantatisundaram | idaṁ jagadahaṁ tvaṁ ca sa iti bhrāntirutthitā || 32 ||

Translation

is declared as the fifth, purifying, beautiful with a chain of reasonings. 'This world, I, you and he': the delusion so arisen

Word by word

pañcamaṁ
as the fifth
pāvanaṁ
purifying
prōktaṁ
is declared
yukti
of reasonings
santati
with a chain
sundaram
beautiful
idaṁ
this
jagad
world
ahaṁ
I
tvaṁ
you
ca
and
sa
(saḥ) he
iti
thus
bhrāntir
(bhrāntiḥ) the delusion
utthitā
arisen

Meaning

The four words name the whole field of the illusion: the world, the first person, the second and the third. The commentary says the fifth book tells how this delusion arose and how it is calmed.