तस्य ब्राह्मणगेहस्य स शैलवनपत्तना । इयमन्तःस्थिता भूमिः सङ्कल्पादर्शयोरिव ॥ १८ ॥
tasya brāhmaṇagēhasya sa śailavanapattanā | iyamantaḥsthitā bhūmiḥ saṅkalpādarśayōriva || 18 ||
Translation
so this land, with its mountains, forests and cities, stands within that brahmin's house, as within fancy and a mirror.
Word by word
- tasya
- that
- brāhmaṇa
- brahmin’s
- gēhasya
- house
- sa
- with
- śaila
- mountains
- vana
- forests
- pattanā
- and cities
- iyam
- this
- antaḥ
- within
- sthitā
- stands
- bhūmiḥ
- land
- saṅkalpa
- fancy
- ādarśayōr
- (ādarśayoḥ) and a mirror
- iva
- as
Meaning
The image of 3.18.5 returns: as a mountain within a mirror. The land is within the house the way a dream is within a dreamer, not the way a box is within a room.