झटित्येवंक्रमेणेति स्वप्ने पुरमिवाऽऽकृतम् । महाकाशमहाटव्यामुद्भूयोद्भूय नश्यति ॥ ६ ॥
jhaṭityēvaṁkramēṇēti svapnē puramivā’’kṛtam | mahākāśamahāṭavyāmudbhūyōdbhūya naśyati || 6 ||
Translation
Quickly, by this order, like a city made in a dream, it arises again and again in the great forest of the great space, and perishes.
Word by word
- jhaṭiti
- quickly
- ēvaṁ
- this
- kramēṇa
- by order
- iti
- thus
- svapnē
- in a dream
- puram
- a city
- iva
- like
- ākṛtam
- made
- mahā
- great
- ākāśa
- space
- aṭavyām
- in the forest
- udbhūya
- arising
- naśyati
- perishes
Meaning
The commentary: as in a dream a city is made with no wish to make it, so this great tree of the world, quickly formed in the way described, arises again and again in the great forest of the great space, and perishes. The word "quickly", jhaṭiti, matters: the long chain of stages is told in order for the hearer's sake, but it happens as fast as a dream's scenery appears.