आत्मगर्भगृहं चित्ताद् यथासंकल्पमात्मनः । देशकालक्रियाद्रव्यकल्पनावेदनं स तत् ॥ ३६ ॥
ātmagarbhagṛhaṁ cittād yathāsaṁkalpamātmanaḥ | dēśakālakriyādravyakalpanāvēdanaṁ sa tat || 36 ||
- Another reading: यथासंकल्पनात्मनः (yathāsaṁkalpanātmanaḥ) for यथासंकल्पमात्मनः
Translation
From mind, according to its resolve, he imagines for himself the inner chamber, and the knowledge of the conceptions of place, time, action and substance: that
Word by word
- ātma
- for himself
- garbhagṛhaṁ
- the inner chamber
- cittād
- (cittāt) from mind
- yathāsaṁkalpam
- according to its resolve
- ātmanaḥ
- of himself
- dēśa
- of place
- kāla
- time
- kriyā
- action
- dravya
- and substance
- kalpanā
- of the conceptions
- vēdanaṁ
- the knowledge
- sa
- (saḥ) he
- tat
- that
Meaning
The commentary: the jīva with a body of mind takes the mind for the Self; so with the mind as self, according to its own resolve, it imagines a womb-house, the inner chamber of birth, and place, time, action and substance. Another commentary: by the mind it wishes for, according to its own resolve, it imagines its dwelling, the inner chamber. "Inner chamber", garbha-gṛha, is the innermost room of a temple, where the image sits; here the dwelling of the first being.