स्वविचित्ररसोल्लासा चिज्ज्योत्स्ना सततोदिता । स्वयं चिदेव प्रकटश्चिदालोको महात्मकः ॥ ६६ ॥
svavicitrarasōllāsā cijjyōtsnā satatōditā | svayaṁ cidēva prakaṭaścidālōkō mahātmakaḥ || 66 ||
Translation
The moonlight of awareness, bright with its many tastes, is ever risen; awareness itself is plain as the great light of awareness.
Word by word
- sva
- its own
- vicitra
- many
- rasa
- tastes
- ullāsā
- bright with
- cij
- (cit) of awareness
- jyōtsnā
- the moonlight
- satata
- ever
- uditā
- risen
- svayaṁ
- itself
- cid
- (cit) awareness
- ēva
- just
- prakaṭaś
- (prakaṭaḥ) plain
- ālōkō
- (ālokaḥ) light
- mahātmakaḥ
- great
Meaning
The commentary: awareness itself, ever risen, is the moonlight bright with the many tastes of earth and the rest (for the juices of plants depend on the moon), and the great light of awareness made plain. The moon in Indian lore ripens the sap of plants; here the moon's light is awareness.