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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.18.13

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
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Sargas
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Sarga 18 · Verse 13

Verse 13

दिक्कालकलनाकाशप्रकाशनियतिक्रमाः । यत्रेमे प्रतिबिम्बन्ति परां परिणतिं गताः ॥ १३ ॥

dikkālakalanākāśaprakāśaniyatikramāḥ | yatrēmē pratibimbanti parāṁ pariṇatiṁ gatāḥ || 13 ||

Translation

in which these, the directions, time, conception, space, light and the order of things, are reflected, having reached their utmost unfolding:

Word by word

dik
the directions
kāla
time
kalanā
conception
ākāśa
space
prakāśa
light
niyati
of things
kramāḥ
and the order
yatra
in which
imē
these
pratibimbanti
are reflected
parāṁ
utmost
pariṇatiṁ
unfolding
gatāḥ
having reached

Meaning

The commentary: in the mirror of the Self, the directions, time, the arising of all acts, room for things in space, light through the eye and the rest, and the order by which this act arose so and serves so in dealings: all these, spread in place and time, having reached the strange state of change, appear within as reflections.