परमाकाशमाशून्यमच्छमेव व्यवस्थितम् । सर्वसंसारता नाऽस्ति यदेव तदवस्थितम् ॥ ४९ ॥
paramākāśamāśūnyamacchamēva vyavasthitam | sarvasaṁsāratā nā’sti yadēva tadavasthitam || 49 ||
Translation
The supreme space stands, empty all round, clear; there is no state of the world-round at all: what is, that stands.
Word by word
- parama
- the supreme
- ākāśam
- space
- āśūnyam
- empty all round
- accham
- clear
- ēva
- indeed
- vyavasthitam
- stands
- sarva
- whole
- saṁsāratā
- state of the world-round
- na
- not
- asti
- there is
- yad
- (yat) what
- tad
- (tat) that
- avasthitam
- stands
Meaning
The commentary: empty on every side, the stainless space of awareness stands in its own nature; there is no whole world of wandering in it; what is, that stands. "Empty all round", ā-śūnya: empty of things on every side, not empty of being. The last words, yad eva tad avasthitam, "what is, that stands", are the sarga's answer in brief.