परमाणौ परमाणौ चिदाकाशः स्वकोटरे । जगल्लक्ष्मीसहस्राणि धत्ते कृत्वाऽथ पश्यति ॥ ४९ ॥
paramāṇau paramāṇau cidākāśaḥ svakōṭarē | jagallakṣmīsahasrāṇi dhattē kṛtvā’tha paśyati || 49 ||
Translation
In every atom, in its own hollow, the space of consciousness holds thousands of world-splendours, making them and then seeing them.
Word by word
- paramāṇau
- in every atom
- cid
- of consciousness
- ākāśaḥ
- the space
- sva
- its own
- kōṭarē
- in the hollow
- jagal
- (jagat) world
- lakṣmī
- splendours
- sahasrāṇi
- thousands
- dhattē
- holds
- kṛtvā
- making them
- atha
- then
- paśyati
- seeing them
Meaning
The commentary takes up a doubt: how can so vast a world appear in what has no extent? It answers with a mirror, which holds a whole sky with clouds, planets and stars. Consciousness, imagining space within itself, makes worlds in atom after atom and then sees them. Making and seeing are one act here.