तत्स्वयं स्वैरमेवाऽऽशु सङ्कल्पयति नित्यशः । तेनेत्थमिन्द्रजालश्रीर्विततेयं वितन्यते ॥ १६ ॥
tatsvayaṁ svairamēvā’’śu saṅkalpayati nityaśaḥ | tēnētthamindrajālaśrīrvitatēyaṁ vitanyatē || 16 ||
Translation
That mind, of itself and freely, at once and always imagines; by this, this vast splendour of the magic show is spread out.
Word by word
- tat
- that
- svayaṁ
- of itself
- svairam
- freely
- ēva
- indeed
- āśu
- at once
- saṅkalpayati
- imagines
- nityaśaḥ
- always
- tēna
- by this
- ittham
- thus
- indrajāla
- of the magic show
- śrīr
- (śrīḥ) splendour
- vitatā
- vast
- iyaṁ
- this
- vitanyatē
- is spread out
Meaning
The commentary: having become the collective mind, the creator Hiraṇyagarbha, without being urged by anything else and following the impressions of the former age, always imagines the cosmic form, the worlds and the four kinds of beings: born from sweat, from sprouts, from eggs and from the womb. By that true resolve the vast creation is spread out like a magician's show. A magic show is real as a show and empty as a fact; the image keeps both sides.