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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.14.63

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
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Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 14 · Verse 63

Verse 63

चित्तरौ चेत्यरसतः शक्तिः कालादिनामिकाम् । तनोत्याकाशविशदां चिन्मधुश्रीः स्वमञ्जरीम् ॥ ६३ ॥

cittarau cētyarasataḥ śaktiḥ kālādināmikām | tanōtyākāśaviśadāṁ cinmadhuśrīḥ svamañjarīm || 63 ||

Translation

In the tree of awareness, from the sap of the knowable, the power, the spring splendour of awareness, spreads its own flower-cluster, named time and the rest, clear as space.

Word by word

cit
of awareness
tarau
in the tree
cētya
of the knowable
rasataḥ
from the sap
śaktiḥ
the power
kāla
time
ādi
and the rest
nāmikām
named
tanōti
spreads
ākāśa
as space
viśadāṁ
clear
cin
(cit) of awareness
madhu
the spring
śrīḥ
splendour
sva
its own
mañjarīm
flower-cluster

Meaning

The commentary: in the tree of awareness, through attachment to the sap of objects, the power of awareness, māyā, like the splendour of spring, spreads its own cluster of blossoms, called time and the rest, in the space that arose first. As the beauty of spring brings out high branches and lovely blossoms on trees watered by it, so māyā, the power of awareness, attached to the seen world, spreads time and the rest in the space that first arose in awareness.