पृथ्व्यादिकलनाभावादेष विप्रो न रूपवान् । दृढरज्ज्वेव गगनं ग्रहीतुं नैव युज्यते ॥ ३३ ॥
pṛthvyādikalanābhāvādēṣa viprō na rūpavān | dṛḍharajjvēva gaganaṁ grahītuṁ naiva yujyatē || 33 ||
Translation
Since this brahmin has no notion of earth and the rest, he has no form; and space cannot be bound, not even with a strong rope.
Word by word
- pṛthvī
- of earth
- ādi
- and the rest
- kalanā
- notion
- abhāvād
- (abhāvāt) since has no
- ēṣa
- this
- viprō
- (vipraḥ) brahmin
- na
- no; not
- rūpavān
- he has form
- dṛḍha
- strong
- rajjvā
- with a rope
- iva
- even
- gaganaṁ
- space
- grahītuṁ
- be bound
- ēva
- indeed
- yujyatē
- can
Meaning
The brahmin does not take himself to be made of the elements, and so he has no shape that could be taken. The commentary: because he does not take on a body of earth and the rest, he is not embodied; and as space cannot be tied with any rope, however strong, so he cannot be seized. Kalanā, notion, is the Yoga Vāsiṣṭha's word for the mind's grasping that makes a thing appear: no grasping, no thing.