चिन्मयो घनपाषाणजठरापीवरोपमः । चिदादित्यस्तपँल्लोकानन्धकारोपरोपमम् ॥ ४६ ॥
cinmayō ghanapāṣāṇajaṭharāpīvarōpamaḥ | cidādityastapam̐llōkānandhakārōparōpamam || 46 ||
Translation
made of consciousness, like the dense full inside of a solid rock; a sun of consciousness that warms the worlds, and yet is like darkness itself;
Word by word
- cinmayō
- (cinmayaḥ) made of consciousness
- ghana
- solid
- pāṣāṇa
- of a rock
- jaṭhara
- the inside
- āpīvara
- dense full
- upamaḥ
- like
- cit
- of consciousness
- ādityas
- (ādityaḥ) a sun
- tapam̐l
- (tapan) that warms
- lōkān
- the worlds
- andhakāra
- darkness
- upara
- itself
- upamam
- like
Meaning
The commentary unfolds the paradox. He is like the inside of a solid rock, without gap or division. As a sun of consciousness he lights the worlds that ignorance imagined, yet since there are in truth no objects to be seen, he is like the deepest darkness, where nothing appears. This is not the darkness of not knowing. It is the light that has nothing besides itself to light.