तन्मात्रगणमेतत्स्यात् सा संकल्पात्मिका चितिः । वेदना त्रसरेण्वाभमनाकारैव पश्यति ॥ ३१ ॥
tanmātragaṇamētatsyāt sā saṁkalpātmikā citiḥ | vēdanā trasarēṇvābhamanākāraiva paśyati || 31 ||
Translation
This group of subtle elements is that awareness whose self is resolve; awareness, though formless, sees itself as having the look of a mote in a sunbeam.
Word by word
- tanmātra
- of subtle elements
- gaṇam
- group
- ētat
- this
- syāt
- is
- sā
- that
- saṁkalpa
- resolve
- ātmikā
- whose self is
- citiḥ
- awareness
- vēdanā
- awareness
- trasarēṇu
- of a mote in a sunbeam
- ābham
- as having the look
- anākārā
- formless
- ēva
- though
- paśyati
- sees itself
Meaning
The commentary: here the sarga is summed up by recalling what was said. This group of subtle elements described at length is awareness of the form of resolve and nothing besides, for it is awareness itself that, through the sense "I am this or that", has become each of them. In its own nature awareness is formless, but through resolve it sees itself like a trasareṇu, a gross form. The trasareṇu is the speck of dust seen floating in a beam of sunlight, the smallest visible thing; the formless sees itself as the smallest thing that can be seen, and from there everything grows.