श्रीदेव्युवाच चित्ताकाशं चिदाकाशमाकाशं च तृतीयकम् । द्वाभ्यां शून्यतरं विद्धि चिदाकाशं वरानने ॥ १० ॥
śrīdēvyuvāca cittākāśaṁ cidākāśamākāśaṁ ca tṛtīyakam | dvābhyāṁ śūnyataraṁ viddhi cidākāśaṁ varānanē || 10 ||
Translation
The goddess said: "The space of mind, the space of awareness, and space as the third: know the space of awareness, fair-faced one, as emptier than the other two.
Word by word
- citta
- of mind
- ākāśaṁ
- the space
- cid
- (cit) of awareness
- ākāśam
- the space; space
- ca
- and
- tṛtīyakam
- as the third
- dvābhyāṁ
- than the other two
- śūnyataraṁ
- emptier
- viddhi
- know
- cidākāśaṁ
- the space of awareness
- varānanē
- fair-faced one
Meaning
The commentary introduces the answer: to show that, like the imagining of this world, the imagining of the next has awareness alone as its ground, the goddess sets the space of awareness apart from the space of mind and from elemental space. One is the space of mind made of impressions; the second is pure awareness; the third the familiar space of dealings. Know that what is wholly empty of both of these is the space of awareness, plainly marked in the joint between them. Cittākāśa, cidākāśa, bhūtākāśa: the triad will recur throughout the Līlā tale.