वर्त्तमानाश्च याः सन्ति त्रैलोक्यगणकोटयः । शक्यन्ते ताश्च संख्यातुं नैव काश्चन केनचित् ॥ ५ ॥
varttamānāśca yāḥ santi trailōkyagaṇakōṭayaḥ | śakyantē tāśca saṁkhyātuṁ naiva kāścana kēnacit || 5 ||
Translation
And the millions of groups of three worlds that exist now: not one of them can be counted by anyone.
Word by word
- varttamānāś
- (vartamānāḥ) that exist now
- ca
- and
- yāḥ
- which
- santi
- exist
- trailōkya
- of three worlds
- gaṇa
- groups
- kōṭayaḥ
- the millions
- śakyantē
- can be
- tāś
- (tāḥ) them
- saṁkhyātuṁ
- counted
- na
- not
- ēva
- at all
- kāścana
- one of
- kēnacit
- by anyone
Meaning
The past worlds were beyond counting; so are the present ones. Not only have worlds come and gone; millions of them exist right now, beyond anyone's reckoning. The commentary: of the countless worlds now existing, no one can count even some of them. To the reader whose whole attention is filled by one world, his own, the verse opens a window. What seems the whole of reality is one speck in a sunbeam.