चिदाकाशैकशून्यत्वं जगदस्ति च नाऽस्ति च । चिदालोकमहारूपं जगदस्ति च नाऽस्ति च ॥ ६९ ॥
cidākāśaikaśūnyatvaṁ jagadasti ca nā’sti ca | cidālōkamahārūpaṁ jagadasti ca nā’sti ca || 69 ||
Translation
The world is the sole emptiness of the space of awareness: it is and it is not. The world is the great form of the light of awareness: it is and it is not.
Word by word
- cid
- (cit) of awareness
- ākāśa
- of the space
- ēka
- sole
- śūnyatvaṁ
- emptiness
- jagad
- (jagat) the world
- asti
- is
- ca
- and
- nāsti
- is not
- ālōka
- of the light
- mahā
- great
- rūpaṁ
- form
Meaning
Another commentary: being almost empty like the space of awareness, this world exists by its being and does not exist by its own form; being one with the great light of awareness, it is the world, and in its own form it is not. The refrain does not mean half-existence; it means two standpoints: by Brahman's being, it is; by its own, it is not.