Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.11.33

Translation

So all these things have unfolded; and he too, dear one, the great Self, the whole and the parts, as the abode of the forms of seeing and of thinking, rises of himself and dissolves.

Word by word

tasmād

(tasmāt) so

imāni

these

sakalāni

all

vijṛmbhitāni

have unfolded

sō

(saḥ) he

api

too

idam

this

aṅga

dear one

sakala

the whole

asakalaṁ

and the parts

mahātmā

the great Self

rūpa

of forms

avalōkana

of seeing

manō

(manaḥ) of the mind

manana

of thinking

prakāra

the kinds

ākāra

forms

āspadaṁ

the abode

svayam

of himself

udēti

rises

vilīyatē

dissolves

ca

and

Meaning

The sarga ends in a vasantatilakā verse. The commentary raises a doubt: all this world has appeared from that Self; but as, for others, creatures appear from the Lord, the creator, who stands apart and is different from them, has the world appeared from the Self in the same way, as something different? No: that great Self itself, outwardly as the forms of seeing through the senses, the whole and the parts, and inwardly as the forms of thinking, rises of itself and dissolves. In truth it neither rises nor perishes, but through ignorance, by delusion, it seems to rise and perish. Another commentary: it remains of one taste, and through delusion is known as rising and dissolving. "The whole and the parts", sakala-asakala, is the collective and the individual: the cosmos and each creature in it.