शिलाहृदयपीनाऽपि स्वाकाशे विशदैव चित् । धत्तेऽन्तरखिलं शान्तं सन्निवेशं यथा शिला ॥ ७९ ॥
śilāhṛdayapīnā’pi svākāśē viśadaiva cit | dhattē’ntarakhilaṁ śāntaṁ sannivēśaṁ yathā śilā || 79 ||
Translation
Awareness, though dense as the heart of a rock, is clear in its own space; within it holds the whole, at rest, as a rock holds its shape.
Word by word
- śilā
- of a rock; a rock
- hṛdaya
- as the heart
- pīnā
- dense
- api
- though
- sva
- its own
- ākāśē
- in space
- viśadā
- clear
- ēva
- indeed
- cit
- awareness
- dhattē
- holds
- antar
- (antaḥ) within
- akhilaṁ
- the whole
- śāntaṁ
- at rest
- sannivēśaṁ
- shape
- yathā
- as
Meaning
The commentary: though awareness is as dense as the heart of a rock, it is clear like crystal; and as a crystal holds within it the reflections of cities and mountains, so it holds the whole world, at rest (false, and so unreal), in its own form, the space of awareness. Solid and transparent at once: that is the paradox Vasiṣṭha keeps drawing for awareness.