स्थितो ब्राह्मणगेहान्तर्द्विजजीवस्तदम्बरे । ससमुद्रवना पृथ्वी स्थिताऽब्ज इव षट्पदः ॥ २३ ॥
sthitō brāhmaṇagēhāntardvijajīvastadambarē | sasamudravanā pṛthvī sthitā’bja iva ṣaṭpadaḥ || 23 ||
Translation
Inside the brahmin's house stands the brahmin's jīva; in its space stands the earth with its oceans and forests, as a bee within a lotus.
Word by word
- sthitō
- (sthitaḥ) stands
- brāhmaṇa
- brahmin’s
- gēha
- house
- antar
- (antaḥ) inside
- dvija
- the brahmin’s
- jīvas
- (jīvaḥ) jīva
- tad
- (tat) its
- ambarē
- in space
- sa
- with
- samudra
- oceans
- vanā
- and forests
- pṛthvī
- the earth
- sthitā
- stands
- abja
- within a lotus
- iva
- as
- ṣaṭpadaḥ
- a bee
Meaning
The commentary: the brahmin's jīva is within his house, and in that space the earth with oceans and forests is, as a bee is within a lotus.