मुक्तं तमःप्रकाशाभ्यामित्येतदजरं पदम् । आकाशकोशमेवेदं विद्धि कोशं जगत्स्थितेः ॥ १८ ॥
muktaṁ tamaḥprakāśābhyāmityētadajaraṁ padam | ākāśakōśamēvēdaṁ viddhi kōśaṁ jagatsthitēḥ || 18 ||
Translation
Free from darkness and from light: such is this ageless state. Know this to be a treasury like space, the treasury of the world's abiding.
Word by word
- muktaṁ
- free
- tamaḥ
- from darkness
- prakāśābhyām
- and from light
- iti
- thus
- ētad
- this
- ajaraṁ
- ageless
- padam
- state
- ākāśa
- like space
- kōśam
- a treasury
- ēva
- indeed
- idaṁ
- this
- viddhi
- know
- kōśaṁ
- the treasury
- jagat
- of the world
- sthitēḥ
- of the abiding
Meaning
The commentary calls this the conclusion of the answers to the second and third questions. The supreme state, free of age and death, is beyond both darkness and light, as shown. And it is the kośa, the treasure-house, in which the wealth of the world's being is kept; yet this treasury is clear as the middle of space. The two words fit together: everything is stored there, and nothing in it clouds it. The world's being is not lost at dissolution; it is held, as wealth is held in a treasury, without a single coin being visible from outside.