आदर्शेऽन्तर्बहिश्चैव यथा शैलोऽनुभूयते । बहिरन्तश्चिदादर्शे तथा सर्गोऽनुभूयते ॥ ५ ॥
ādarśē’ntarbahiścaiva yathā śailō’nubhūyatē | bahirantaścidādarśē tathā sargō’nubhūyatē || 5 ||
Translation
As a mountain is experienced inside a mirror and outside it, so creation is experienced outside and inside in the mirror of awareness.
Word by word
- ādarśē
- a mirror; in the mirror
- antar
- (antaḥ) inside
- bahiś
- (bahiḥ) outside
- ca
- and
- ēva
- just
- yathā
- as
- śailō
- (śailaḥ) a mountain
- anubhūyatē
- is experienced
- bahir
- (bahiḥ) outside
- antaś
- (antaḥ) and inside
- cid
- (cit) of awareness
- tathā
- so
- sargō
- (sargaḥ) creation
Meaning
The commentary: as a mountain is seen both inside a mirror and outside it, so this creation is experienced outside and inside in the mirror that is awareness. Līlā has found the image the teaching needs; she has not yet drawn its conclusion, that the "outside" mountain too is in the mirror.