एतच्चिदात्मकं पश्चात्किलोर्व्यादि करिष्यति । स्वं स्वप्नवित् पुरमिव चिन्मात्रात्मकमेव यत् ॥ ८ ॥
ētaccidātmakaṁ paścātkilōrvyādi kariṣyati | svaṁ svapnavit puramiva cinmātrātmakamēva yat || 8 ||
Translation
This, which is awareness, will afterwards make the earth and the rest, as one dreaming makes his own city, which is only of the nature of awareness.
Word by word
- ētac
- (etat) this
- cid
- (cit) awareness
- ātmakaṁ
- which is
- paścāt
- afterwards
- kila
- indeed
- urvī
- the earth
- ādi
- and the rest
- kariṣyati
- will make
- svaṁ
- his own
- svapnavit
- one dreaming
- puram
- city
- iva
- as
- cin
- (cit) of awareness
- mātra
- only
- ātmakam
- of the nature
- ēva
- just
- yat
- which
Meaning
The commentary: as the dreamer makes the city he experiences out of himself, so this Self of awareness makes the earth and the rest; in its own nature it stays unattached awareness. Another commentary: as the seer of a dream makes within himself the city he experiences, yet in truth it is awareness alone. The dream-city is the sarga's steady comparison: wholly made, wholly experienced, and all the while nothing but the dreamer's knowing.