पृथ्व्यादिरहितो देहो यो विराडात्मको महान् । आतिवाहिक एवाऽसौ चिन्मात्राच्छनभोमयः ॥ ४ ॥
pṛthvyādirahitō dēhō yō virāḍātmakō mahān | ātivāhika ēvā’sau cinmātrācchanabhōmayaḥ || 4 ||
Translation
The great body, Virāṭ in nature, which is without earth and the rest, is only a conveying body, made of the clear space of pure awareness.
Word by word
- pṛthvī
- earth
- ādi
- and the rest
- rahitō
- (rahitaḥ) without
- dēhō
- (dehaḥ) body
- yō
- (yaḥ) which
- virāḍ
- (virāṭ) Virāṭ
- ātmakō
- (ātmakaḥ) in nature
- mahān
- great
- ātivāhika
- conveying
- ēva
- only
- asau
- that
- cin
- (cit) of awareness
- mātra
- pure
- accha
- clear
- nabhō
- (nabhaḥ) space
- mayaḥ
- made of
Meaning
The commentary: the great body of awareness in the form of Virāṭ is empty of earth and the rest; it is made only of mind, of the stainless space of pure awareness. Virāṭ is the cosmic person, the universe as a body; here even that vast body is said to be the conveying body (ātivāhika) of the last sarga, a body of mind, not of the elements.