यत्र तत्र स्थिते यद्वद्दर्पणे प्रतिबिम्बति । अद्र्यब्ध्युर्वीनदीवारि चिदादर्शे तथैव हि ॥ ३० ॥
yatra tatra sthitē yadvaddarpaṇē pratibimbati | adryabdhyurvīnadīvāri cidādarśē tathaiva hi || 30 ||
Translation
As mountains, oceans, earth and the water of rivers are reflected in a mirror wherever it is placed, so it is in the mirror of awareness.
Word by word
- yatra
- where
- tatra
- ever
- sthitē
- placed
- yadvad
- as
- darpaṇē
- in a mirror
- pratibimbati
- is reflected
- adri
- mountains
- abdhi
- oceans
- urvī
- earth
- nadī
- of rivers
- vāri
- the water
- cid
- of awareness
- ādarśē
- in the mirror
- tathā
- so
- ēva
- indeed
- hi
- surely
Meaning
The commentary: wherever a mirror stands, mountain, sea, earth and river are reflected in it, and so too in the mirror that is consciousness, the Self. The mirror does not have to go to the mountain; the mountain is in it wherever it is set.