असत्यैवेयमाभाति सत्येव घनसर्गता । तस्मात्सत्यावभासस्य चिद्व्योम्नः कोशकोटरे ॥ १९ ॥
asatyaivēyamābhāti satyēva ghanasargatā | tasmātsatyāvabhāsasya cidvyōmnaḥ kōśakōṭarē || 19 ||
Translation
This dense creation, though unreal, shines as if real, in the hollow of the sheath of the space of awareness, which shines as real.
Word by word
- asatyā
- unreal
- ēva
- though
- iyam
- this
- ābhāti
- shines
- satyā
- real
- iva
- as if
- ghana
- dense
- sargatā
- creation
- tasmāt
- so
- satya
- as real
- avabhāsasya
- which shines
- cid
- (cit) of awareness
- vyōmnaḥ
- of the space
- kōśa
- of the sheath
- kōṭarē
- in the hollow
Meaning
The commentary: so in the sheath of the space of awareness, whose light is truth, this dense, unreal creation appears real. Its seeming reality is borrowed from the ground.