स ग्रामद्विजजीवात्मा तस्मिन्नेव स्वसद्मनि । व्योम्न्येवेदं महाराष्ट्रं व्योमात्मैव प्रपश्यति ॥ १५ ॥
sa grāmadvijajīvātmā tasminnēva svasadmani | vyōmnyēvēdaṁ mahārāṣṭraṁ vyōmātmaiva prapaśyati || 15 ||
Translation
That jīva-self of the village brahmin, in his own house, sees this great kingdom in space itself, he whose self is space.
Word by word
- sa
- (saḥ) that
- grāma
- of the village
- dvija
- brahmin
- jīvātmā
- jīva-self
- tasmin
- in that
- ēva
- very
- sva
- his own
- sadmani
- in house
- vyōmni
- in space
- idaṁ
- this
- mahā
- great
- rāṣṭraṁ
- kingdom
- vyōma
- space
- ātmā
- whose self is
- prapaśyati
- sees
Meaning
The commentary: the brahmin's jīva, the self of awareness conditioned by the wish to be king, sees this whole great kingdom in the space of that very dwelling. A kingdom made of space can be in any space.