आतिवाहिकदेहात्मा चित्तदेहाम्बराकृतिः । स्वकल्पनान्त आकारमण्डं संस्थं प्रपश्यति ॥ ३४ ॥
ātivāhikadēhātmā cittadēhāmbarākṛtiḥ | svakalpanānta ākāramaṇḍaṁ saṁsthaṁ prapaśyati || 34 ||
Translation
The self of the conveying body, its form the space of a body made of mind, sees at the end of its own imagining the egg of form, standing complete.
Word by word
- ātivāhika
- of the conveying
- dēha
- body
- ātmā
- the self
- citta
- of mind
- ambara
- the space
- ākṛtiḥ
- its form
- sva
- its own
- kalpanā
- of imagining
- anta
- at the end
- ākāram
- of form
- aṇḍaṁ
- the egg
- saṁsthaṁ
- standing complete
- prapaśyati
- sees
Meaning
The commentary: the body of mind, Brahman itself, becoming the shape of the gross body, from the spark up to the outer gross objects it has itself made, sees at the end of its making the cosmic egg with its coverings. A note explains the compound: one whose subtle body of mind has, through grossness, become the shape of a gross body. The egg, aṇḍa, is the brahmāṇḍa, the whole cosmos enclosed in its shells.