क्वचित्सर्गशतैस्तानि भवन्ति न भवन्ति वा । कदाचिदपि मायेयमित्थमन्तविवर्जिता ॥ ३३ ॥
kvacitsargaśataistāni bhavanti na bhavanti vā | kadācidapi māyēyamitthamantavivarjitā || 33 ||
Translation
Sometimes they come to be in hundreds of creations, or do not come to be at all: so this Māyā is without end.
Word by word
- kvacit
- sometimes
- sarga
- in creations
- śatais
- (śataiḥ) hundreds
- tāni
- they
- bhavanti
- come to be; do come to be
- na
- not
- vā
- or
- kadācid
- (kadācit) at all
- api
- even
- māyā
- Māyā
- iyam
- this
- ittham
- so
- anta
- end
- vivarjitā
- without
Meaning
A being may appear in hundreds of creations, or in none, and so Māyā, the power that makes the world appear, has no end (anta-vivarjitā). The commentary: sometimes they are born hundreds of times, sometimes not once in many ages; this Māyā has no end. The word "Māyā" appears here for the first time in this book. It names the whole display of waves, worlds and births that the sarga has described: not a thing that exists, but an endless appearing.