चितो यस्माच्चिदालेहस्तन्मयत्वादनन्तकः । स एष भुवनाभोग इति तस्यां प्रबिम्बति ॥ ४० ॥
citō yasmāccidālēhastanmayatvādanantakaḥ | sa ēṣa bhuvanābhōga iti tasyāṁ prabimbati || 40 ||
Translation
Because awareness tastes itself through it, it is endless, being made of that; this is the spread of the worlds, and it is reflected in it.
Word by word
- citō
- (citaḥ) of awareness
- yasmāt
- because
- cid
- (cit) awareness
- ālēhas
- (ālehaḥ) tastes
- tan
- (tat) that
- mayatvād
- (mayatvāt) being made of
- anantakaḥ
- endless
- sa
- (saḥ) that
- ēṣa
- this
- bhuvana
- of the worlds
- ābhōga
- the spread
- iti
- thus
- tasyāṁ
- in it
- prabimbati
- is reflected
Meaning
The commentary asks what the wonder is, and answers: through being reflected in māyā coloured by the world's impressions, awareness becomes one with that māyā and tastes its own nature; that is the wonder of awareness, and that is this boundless spread of worlds, which, being made of awareness, appears in the Self as awareness. Ālehaḥ, a licking, a tasting: awareness tasting itself.