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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.13.39

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 13 · Verse 39

Verse 39

आतिवाहिकदेहात्मा प्रभुराद्यः प्रजापतिः । एतस्मिन्नपि सम्पन्ने ब्रह्माण्डाकारिणि भ्रमे ॥ ३९ ॥

ātivāhikadēhātmā prabhurādyaḥ prajāpatiḥ | ētasminnapi sampannē brahmāṇḍākāriṇi bhramē || 39 ||

Translation

the self of the conveying body, the first lord, Prajāpati. And even when this delusion, in the shape of the cosmic egg, is complete,

Word by word

ātivāhika
of the conveying
dēha
body
ātmā
the self
prabhur
(prabhuḥ) lord
ādyaḥ
the first
prajāpatiḥ
Prajāpati
ētasmin
this
api
even
sampannē
when complete
brahmāṇḍa
of the cosmic egg
ākāriṇi
in the shape
bhramē
delusion

Meaning

The commentary takes verses 38 to 42 together. Prajāpati, the lord of creatures, is this conveying body, the first; and even when this delusion shaped as the cosmic egg is complete, nothing has been completed, as the next verse says.