प्रसवं परिपश्यन्ति शतशाखं स्फुरन्ति च । परमाण्वन्तरे भान्ति क्षणात्कल्पीभवन्ति च ॥ २९ ॥
prasavaṁ paripaśyanti śataśākhaṁ sphuranti ca | paramāṇvantarē bhānti kṣaṇātkalpībhavanti ca || 29 ||
Translation
They see their offspring, they burst forth in a hundred branches; within an atom they shine, and in an instant they become a kalpa.
Word by word
- prasavaṁ
- their offspring
- paripaśyanti
- they see
- śata
- in a hundred
- śākhaṁ
- branches
- sphuranti
- they burst forth
- ca
- and
- paramāṇu
- an atom
- antarē
- within
- bhānti
- they shine
- kṣaṇāt
- in an instant
- kalpībhavanti
- they become a kalpa
Meaning
The commentary meets a doubt: the subtle elements are very subtle, so there seems no room in them for gross things. In reality gross things do not stand in them; from them only an apparent, māyā-made arising is shown, and these then spread out into branch upon branch and dissolve in a moment. Such apparent arising is shown even in the subtlest things, for in a dream a vast world is seen even within the tiny channels of the body. Another commentary: their seeming is not real but by māyā; one sees arising even within an atom. Size and time are of the appearance only: an atom holds a world, a moment holds an age.