चिदग्न्यौष्ण्यं जगल्लेखा जगच्चिच्छङ्खशुक्लता । जगच्चिच्छैलजठरं चिज्जलद्रवता जगत् ॥ ७२ ॥
cidagnyauṣṇyaṁ jagallēkhā jagaccicchaṅkhaśuklatā | jagaccicchailajaṭharaṁ cijjaladravatā jagat || 72 ||
Translation
The world is the heat of the fire of awareness, the line of the world; the world is the whiteness of the conch of awareness; the world is the inside of the rock of awareness; the world is the wetness of the water of awareness.
Word by word
- cid
- (cit) of awareness
- agni
- of the fire
- auṣṇyaṁ
- the heat
- jagat
- the world
- lēkhā
- the line
- jagac
- (jagat) the world
- cic
- (cit) of awareness
- chaṅkha
- (śaṅkha) of the conch
- śuklatā
- the whiteness
- chaila
- (śaila) of the rock
- jaṭharaṁ
- the inside
- cij
- (cit) of awareness
- jala
- of the water
- dravatā
- the wetness
Meaning
Another commentary: the heat of the fire of awareness is the name of the world; the whiteness of the conch and the like is the world of awareness; the hardness of the mountain in the world is of the form of awareness; the world as the fluidity of water is awareness. Each pair is a substance and its own property: heat is not added to fire, nor whiteness to the conch.