यथाऽङ्कुरोऽन्तर्बीजस्य संस्थितो देशकालतः । करोति भासुरं देहं तनोत्येवं हि दृश्यधीः ॥ ४७ ॥
yathā’ṅkurō’ntarbījasya saṁsthitō dēśakālataḥ | karōti bhāsuraṁ dēhaṁ tanōtyēvaṁ hi dṛśyadhīḥ || 47 ||
Translation
As the shoot within the seed, given place and time, puts forth a shining body, so the thought of the seen unfolds.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- aṅkurō
- (aṅkuraḥ) the shoot
- antar
- (antaḥ) within
- bījasya
- the seed
- saṁsthitō
- (saṁsthitaḥ) standing
- dēśa
- place
- kālataḥ
- and time
- karōti
- puts forth
- bhāsuraṁ
- a shining
- dēhaṁ
- body
- tanōti
- unfolds
- ēvaṁ
- so
- hi
- indeed
- dṛśya
- of the seen
- dhīḥ
- the thought
Meaning
The commentary meets a question: if the whole seen is in the heart, why does not everyone experience it now? As the shoot inside the seed shows itself when place and time allow, so the thought of the seen shows its form by place and time. What is folded unfolds in its season.