जगच्चिदिक्षुमाधुर्यं चित्क्षीरस्निग्धता जगत् । जगच्चिद्धिमशीतत्वं चिज्ज्वालाज्वलनं जगत् ॥ ७३ ॥
jagaccidikṣumādhuryaṁ citkṣīrasnigdhatā jagat | jagacciddhimaśītatvaṁ cijjvālājvalanaṁ jagat || 73 ||
Translation
The world is the sweetness of the sugarcane of awareness; the world is the smoothness of the milk of awareness; the world is the coldness of the snow of awareness; the world is the burning of the flame of awareness.
Word by word
- jagac
- (jagat) the world
- cid
- (cit) of awareness
- ikṣu
- of the sugarcane
- mādhuryaṁ
- the sweetness
- cit
- of awareness
- kṣīra
- of the milk
- snigdhatā
- the smoothness
- jagat
- the world
- hima
- of the snow
- śītatvaṁ
- the coldness
- cij
- (cit) of awareness
- jvālā
- of the flame
- jvalanaṁ
- the burning
Meaning
Another commentary: the world is the sweetness everywhere; the world is awareness as the smoothness of milk; awareness as the coldness of snow; awareness as the burning of the flame. The litany is meant to be heard rather than reasoned: every taste and touch is awareness tasting and touching.