चिदर्कालोकदिवसो जगदस्ति च नाऽस्ति च । चित्कज्जलरजस्तैलपरमाणुर्जगत्क्रमः ॥ ७१ ॥
cidarkālōkadivasō jagadasti ca nā’sti ca | citkajjalarajastailaparamāṇurjagatkramaḥ || 71 ||
Translation
The world is the day of the sunlight of awareness: it is and it is not. The order of the world is the atom of oil and lamp-black of awareness.
Word by word
- cid
- (cit) of awareness
- arka
- of the sun
- ālōka
- light
- divasō
- (divasaḥ) the day
- jagad
- (jagat) the world
- asti
- is
- ca
- and
- nāsti
- is not
- cit
- of awareness
- kajjala
- lamp-black
- rajas
- (rajaḥ) dust
- taila
- of oil
- paramāṇur
- (paramāṇuḥ) the atom
- jagat
- of the world
- kramaḥ
- the order
Meaning
Another commentary: being the day with the light of the sun of awareness, it is the world, and in its own form it is not; and the order of the world is like this: when oil burns only lamp-black is left; so when the world is cancelled, pure awareness alone is left. The second line turns the image: a lamp burns its oil and leaves a speck of soot; the world burns away and leaves awareness.