दिक्कालाद्यनवच्छिन्नरूपत्वादतिविस्तृतम् । तदनाद्यन्तमाभासं भासनीयविवर्जितम् ॥ ३३ ॥
dikkālādyanavacchinnarūpatvādativistṛtam | tadanādyantamābhāsaṁ bhāsanīyavivarjitam || 33 ||
Translation
Because its form is not limited by direction, time and the rest, it is boundlessly vast; without beginning or end, a shining, with nothing to be lit.
Word by word
- dik
- direction
- kāla
- time
- ādi
- and the rest
- anavacchinna
- not limited
- rūpatvād
- (rūpatvāt) because its form is
- ati
- boundlessly
- vistṛtam
- vast
- tad
- it
- anādi
- without beginning
- antam
- or end
- ābhāsaṁ
- a shining
- bhāsanīya
- something to be lit
- vivarjitam
- with no
Meaning
The commentary: its nature cannot be cut off by place, time or measure, so it is all-pervading; it has no beginning, middle or end; it is itself of the nature of light, and nothing lights it: it is self-luminous. The phrase "a shining, with nothing to be lit" (ābhāsaṁ bhāsanīyavivarjitam) answers the old question of v. 2 from the other side: it is light, but not the light of a lamp that needs a room to light. The jīva, small and bounded, is the opposite of every word here.