अस्ति क्वचिच्चिदाकाशे क्वचित्संसारमण्डपः । आकाशकाचदलवत्संस्थानाच्छादिताकृतिः ॥ ३० ॥
asti kvaciccidākāśē kvacitsaṁsāramaṇḍapaḥ | ākāśakācadalavatsaṁsthānācchāditākṛtiḥ || 30 ||
Translation
Somewhere in the space of awareness, in some part of it, there is a pavilion of the world of wandering, its shape covered by its form, like a pane of the glass of space.
Word by word
- asti
- there is
- kvacic
- (kvacit) somewhere
- cid
- (cit) of awareness
- ākāśē
- in the space
- kvacit
- in some part
- saṁsāra
- of the world of wandering
- maṇḍapaḥ
- a pavilion
- ākāśa
- of space
- kāca
- of the glass
- dala
- a pane
- vat
- like
- saṁsthānāc
- (saṃsthānāt) by its form
- chādita
- (chādita) covered
- ākṛtiḥ
- its shape
Meaning
The commentary: in a part of the space of awareness covered by ignorance, in a corner of the creator's inner faculty, there is an old pavilion of the world, covered with a blue roof like a sheet of glass, which is the sky. The pavilion that gives the tale its name is the cosmos itself, seen as a building.