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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.20.21

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 20 · Verse 21

Verse 21

इदं त्वदीयं सदनं तद्गेहाकाशकोशगम् । विद्धि मां त्वां च सर्वं च तच्चिद्व्योमैव केवलम् ॥ २१ ॥

idaṁ tvadīyaṁ sadanaṁ tadgēhākāśakōśagam | viddhi māṁ tvāṁ ca sarvaṁ ca taccidvyōmaiva kēvalam || 21 ||

Translation

This house of yours lies in the sheath of the space of that house; know me, you and everything as only that space of awareness.

Word by word

idaṁ
this
tvadīyaṁ
of yours
sadanaṁ
house
tad
(tat) that
gēha
of house
ākāśa
of the space
kōśa
in the sheath
gam
lies
viddhi
know
māṁ
me
tvāṁ
you
ca
and
sarvaṁ
everything
tac
(tat) that
cid
(cit) of awareness
vyōma
space
ēva
only
kēvalam
alone

Meaning

The commentary: know this house of yours, lying in the sheath of the space of that brahmin's house, and me, and you, and all things, as only the space of awareness. The goddess includes herself.