प्राक्तनं वासनाजालं किञ्चिदस्य न विद्यते । केवलं व्योमरूपस्य भारूपस्येव तेजसः ॥ ४१ ॥
prāktanaṁ vāsanājālaṁ kiñcidasya na vidyatē | kēvalaṁ vyōmarūpasya bhārūpasyēva tējasaḥ || 41 ||
- Another reading: तेजसा (tējasā) for तेजसः
Translation
He has not the least web of past impressions; he is only of the form of space, as of light whose form is radiance.
Word by word
- prāktanaṁ
- past
- vāsanā
- of impressions
- jālaṁ
- web
- kiñcid
- (kiñcit) the least
- asya
- he has
- na
- not
- vidyatē
- there is
- kēvalaṁ
- only
- vyōma
- of space
- rūpasya
- of the form; whose form is
- bhā
- radiance
- iva
- as
- tējasaḥ
- of light
Meaning
The commentary: he is space alone and shines like a form of light; he has no past impressions at all. Impressions (vāsanā) are the traces deeds leave in the mind, the seeds of future wanting. They are woven like a net, and a net cannot hold light.