पवनस्कन्धविस्तारं बीजं स्पर्शौघशाखिनः । सर्वभूतक्रियास्पन्दस्तस्मात् संप्रसरिष्यति ॥ १९ ॥
pavanaskandhavistāraṁ bījaṁ sparśaughaśākhinaḥ | sarvabhūtakriyāspandastasmāt saṁprasariṣyati || 19 ||
Translation
It is the seed of the tree of the mass of touches, whose trunk spreads out as the winds; from it the movement that is the action of all beings will spread.
Word by word
- pavana
- as the winds
- skandha
- whose trunk
- vistāraṁ
- spreads out
- bījaṁ
- the seed
- sparśa
- of touches
- ōgha
- of the mass
- śākhinaḥ
- of the tree
- sarva
- of all
- bhūta
- beings
- kriyā
- the action
- spandas
- (spandaḥ) the movement
- tasmāt
- from it
- saṁprasariṣyati
- will spread
Meaning
The commentary: that touch-element is the seed of the tree of the many touches, and the spread of the forty-nine kinds of wind lies hidden in it in subtle form; from it arises the movement, the activity of moving and the rest, in all beings. Another commentary: the movement of the actions of all beings will be set going by that touch-element. Every motion in the world, the beat of a heart, the flight of a bird, is this seed's unfolding.