जगत्करञ्जकुञ्जानां बीजमेतदवापजम् । नाऽपेक्षते किञ्चिदपि क्षितिवार्यनलादिकम् ॥ ७ ॥
jagatkarañjakuñjānāṁ bījamētadavāpajam | nā’pēkṣatē kiñcidapi kṣitivāryanalādikam || 7 ||
Translation
This is the seed of the thickets of karañja trees that are the worlds, sprung without sowing; it needs nothing at all, neither earth nor water, fire nor the rest.
Word by word
- jagat
- that are the worlds
- karañja
- of karañja trees
- kuñjānāṁ
- of the thickets
- bījam
- the seed
- ētad
- (etat) this
- avāpa
- without sowing
- jam
- sprung
- na
- not
- apēkṣatē
- needs
- kiñcid
- (kiñcit) anything
- api
- at all
- kṣiti
- earth
- vāri
- water
- anala
- fire
- ādikam
- and the rest
Meaning
The commentary: this seed of the bushes of karañja, which are the world, has grown without being sown; it needs nothing, neither soil, water, light nor wind. Other seeds need earth, water and sunshine to sprout; this one is unlike them, needing none, and it grows unsown. The karañja (Pongamia) is a hardy tree that spreads in thickets; another commentary takes it as a wild shrub of the jungle. The point is that the world needs no material outside awareness: it is a seed that is its own soil.