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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.14.51

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
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Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 14 · Verse 51

Verse 51

चितेर्नित्यमचेत्याया निर्नाम्न्या वितताकृतेः । यद्रूपं जगतो रूपं तत्तत्स्फुरणरूपिणः ॥ ५१ ॥

citērnityamacētyāyā nirnāmnyā vitatākṛtēḥ | yadrūpaṁ jagatō rūpaṁ tattatsphuraṇarūpiṇaḥ || 51 ||

Translation

The form of awareness, ever beyond the knowable, nameless, of wide-spread shape: that form is the form of the world, which is its throbbing.

Word by word

citēr
(citeḥ) of awareness
nityam
ever
acētyāyā
(acetyāyāḥ) beyond the knowable
nirnāmnyā
nameless
vitata
wide-spread
ākṛtēḥ
of shape
yad
(yat) which
rūpaṁ
the form
jagatō
(jagataḥ) of the world
tat
that
sphuraṇa
throbbing
rūpiṇaḥ
which is

Meaning

The commentary: so the conclusion is that the form of awareness, nameless, formless, unlimited, is the true form of the world. Another commentary: the all-pervading, objectless, nameless form of awareness is the form of the world, which is the play of awareness.