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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 2.18.27

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 18 · Verse 27

Verse 27

जगतां कोटिलक्षेषु यावन्तः परमाणवः । तेषामेकैकशोऽन्तःस्थान्सर्गान्पश्यत्यसङ्गधीः ॥ २७ ॥

jagatāṁ kōṭilakṣēṣu yāvantaḥ paramāṇavaḥ | tēṣāmēkaikaśō’ntaḥsthānsargānpaśyatyasaṅgadhīḥ || 27 ||

Translation

One whose understanding is unattached sees, in each of all the atoms in millions of worlds, the creations that lie within it.

Word by word

jagatāṁ
of worlds
kōṭi
in millions
lakṣēṣu
and hundreds of thousands
yāvantaḥ
all the
paramāṇavaḥ
atoms
tēṣām
of them
ēkaikaśō
(ekaikaśaḥ) in each
antaḥsthān
that lie within
sargān
the creations
paśyati
sees
asaṅga
unattached
dhīḥ
one whose understanding is

Meaning

The commentary explains: he has come to know the wonderful skill of māyā, which brings about what cannot happen. The vision of worlds within worlds was described at 2.17.49. The unattached mind sees it because it is no longer fixed on one world as the only real one.