आकाशस्फुरदाकारः सङ्कल्पपुरुषो यथा । पृथ्व्यादिरहितो भाति स्वयंभूर्भासते तथा ॥ ५१ ॥
ākāśasphuradākāraḥ saṅkalpapuruṣō yathā | pṛthvyādirahitō bhāti svayaṁbhūrbhāsatē tathā || 51 ||
Translation
As a man made of imagining, his form flashing in space, appears without earth and the rest, so the self-born one shines.
Word by word
- ākāśa
- in space
- sphurad
- (sphurat) flashing
- ākāraḥ
- his form
- saṅkalpa
- of imagining
- puruṣō
- (puruṣaḥ) a man made
- yathā
- as
- pṛthvī
- earth
- ādi
- and the rest
- rahitō
- (rahitaḥ) without
- bhāti
- appears
- svayaṁbhūr
- (svayambhūḥ) the self-born one
- bhāsatē
- shines
- tathā
- so
Meaning
The man made of imagining (v. 8) returns, now as the explanation. The commentary adds the image of the sky itself, seen as a great bowl of sapphire turned upside down: it has a shape and a colour, and no earth in it. Another commentary gives the same. So Brahmā shines, with a shape and no substance but awareness.