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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.15.14

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 15 · Verse 14

Verse 14

तस्मान्न किञ्चिदुत्पन्नं जगदादीह दृश्यकम् । अनाख्यमनभिव्यक्तं यथास्थितमवस्थितम् ॥ १४ ॥

tasmānna kiñcidutpannaṁ jagadādīha dṛśyakam | anākhyamanabhivyaktaṁ yathāsthitamavasthitam || 14 ||

Translation

So nothing seen, the world and the rest, has arisen here; the nameless, unmanifest stands as it stood.

Word by word

tasmān
(tasmāt) so
na
not
kiñcid
(kiñcit) anything
utpannaṁ
has arisen
jagad
(jagat) the world
ādi
and the rest
iha
here
dṛśyakam
seen
anākhyam
the nameless
anabhivyaktaṁ
unmanifest
yathāsthitam
as it stood
avasthitam
stands

Meaning

The commentary: therefore nothing seen, the world and the rest, has arisen here; Brahman, of the form of awareness, without name or form, stands as it was, without change of any kind in its own nature.