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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 2.17.44

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
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Verses
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 17 · Verse 44

Verse 44

विनिगीर्णयथासंख्यजगज्जालातितृप्तिमान् । आकाशीभूतनिःशेषरूपालोकमनस्कृतिः ॥ ४४ ॥

vinigīrṇayathāsaṁkhyajagajjālātitṛptimān | ākāśībhūtaniḥśēṣarūpālōkamanaskṛtiḥ || 44 ||

Translation

deeply content, having swallowed the nets of worlds in all their numbers; the mind's making of every form and sight become space;

Word by word

vinigīrṇa
having swallowed
yathāsaṁkhya
in all their numbers
jagaj
(jagat) of worlds
jāla
the nets
atitṛptimān
deeply content
ākāśībhūta
become space
niḥśēṣa
every
rūpa
form
ālōka
and sight
manaskṛtiḥ
the mind’s making of

Meaning

The commentary: as if he had swallowed all the nets of worlds, he is utterly satisfied, and the enjoyments of the outer senses and of the mind all fall silent. Nothing outside him is left to want, because nothing is outside him.