स्वयं विचित्रं कचनं चिद्वारि न निखातगम् । स्वयं विचित्रधातुत्वं श्रेष्ठाङ्गमपि निर्मितम् ॥ ६५ ॥
svayaṁ vicitraṁ kacanaṁ cidvāri na nikhātagam | svayaṁ vicitradhātutvaṁ śrēṣṭhāṅgamapi nirmitam || 65 ||
Translation
Of itself the water of awareness shines in many forms, not lying in a dug-out hollow; of itself the variety of metals, and even the finest bodies, are made.
Word by word
- svayaṁ
- of itself
- vicitraṁ
- in many forms
- kacanaṁ
- shines
- cid
- (cit) of awareness
- vāri
- water
- na
- not
- nikhāta
- in a dug-out hollow
- gam
- lying
- vicitra
- the variety
- dhātutvaṁ
- of metals
- śrēṣṭha
- the finest
- aṅgam
- bodies
- api
- even
- nirmitam
- are made
Meaning
The commentary: then, after the arising of fire still to be told, awareness itself becomes the element water and takes on wondrous forms; this water was other than the water of ponds and lakes, for before the earth was made there could be no relation with ponds. After the making of water, awareness itself became the element earth, full of gold, silver and other metals, and the bodies of gods, demons and men. A note in another commentary explains that the order here is the order of the words; by sense, fire arises after wind.