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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 2.17.42

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 17 · Verse 42

Verse 42

अचेत्यचित्प्रकाशात्मा विज्ञानात्मा निरामयः । परमाकाशकोशाच्छः शान्तसर्वभवभ्रमः ॥ ४२ ॥

acētyacitprakāśātmā vijñānātmā nirāmayaḥ | paramākāśakōśācchaḥ śāntasarvabhavabhramaḥ || 42 ||

Translation

He becomes the Self whose nature is the light of consciousness with nothing to be known, consciousness itself, without sickness, clear as the treasury of the highest space, all the illusion of becoming calmed;

Word by word

acētya
with nothing to be known
cit
of consciousness
prakāśa
the light
ātmā
whose nature is
vijñāna
consciousness
nirāmayaḥ
without sickness
parama
of the highest
ākāśa
space
kōśa
the treasury
acchaḥ
clear as
śānta
calmed
sarva
all
bhava
of becoming
bhramaḥ
the illusion

Meaning

From here to verse 50 the one who has understood the sixth book is described. The commentary: all the delusions of saṁsāra are destroyed in him, and he becomes the light of consciousness without objects, free of every pain of body and mind, with no wish left. Acetya-cit, consciousness with nothing to be known: it is not the knowing of something, but knowing itself.