आकाशरूपमेवाऽच्छं पिण्डग्रहविवर्जितम् । व्योम्नि व्योममयं चित्रं सङ्कल्पपुरवत्स्थितम् ॥ १६ ॥
ākāśarūpamēvā’cchaṁ piṇḍagrahavivarjitam | vyōmni vyōmamayaṁ citraṁ saṅkalpapuravatsthitam || 16 ||
Translation
Clear, of the form of space itself, free of being taken as solid, a picture made of space in space, it stands like a city of fancy.
Word by word
- ākāśa
- of space
- rūpam
- of the form
- ēva
- itself
- acchaṁ
- clear
- piṇḍa
- as solid
- graha
- being taken
- vivarjitam
- free of
- vyōmni
- in space
- vyōma
- space
- mayaṁ
- made of
- citraṁ
- a picture
- saṅkalpa
- of fancy
- pura
- a city
- vat
- like
- sthitam
- stands
Meaning
The commentary meets the doubt how the vast world can fit into the space-like movement of mind and its impressions: this formless world, clear, is space itself, and stands in space like a city made by fancy.