इदं त्वचेत्यचिन्मात्रं भानोर्भातं नभः प्रति । तथा सूक्ष्मं यथा मेघं प्रति सङ्कल्पवारिदः ॥ ११ ॥
idaṁ tvacētyacinmātraṁ bhānōrbhātaṁ nabhaḥ prati | tathā sūkṣmaṁ yathā mēghaṁ prati saṅkalpavāridaḥ || 11 ||
Translation
This, pure awareness beyond the knowable, is as the shining of the sun beside the sky; and as subtle as a cloud of fancy beside a cloud.
Word by word
- idaṁ
- this
- tu
- indeed
- acētya
- beyond the knowable
- cin
- (cit) awareness
- mātraṁ
- pure
- bhānōr
- (bhānoḥ) of the sun
- bhātaṁ
- the shining
- nabhaḥ
- the sky
- prati
- beside
- tathā
- as
- sūkṣmaṁ
- subtle
- yathā
- as
- mēghaṁ
- a cloud
- saṅkalpa
- of fancy
- vāridaḥ
- a cloud
Meaning
The commentary: for the knowers of truth the witness-awareness appears in the world as the sun's shining appears in empty space. Then how does the world appear beside the witness? As a cloud imagined in fancy is unreal beside a real cloud, so is the world beside the awareness that sees it. Another commentary likens it to the cloud raised by the rain-bringing rāga Mallār: a cloud made of music.