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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.20.36

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 20 · Verse 36

Verse 36

चित्ताकाशघनैकत्वात् स्वेऽप्यन्येऽपि भवन्ति ते । एवं नामोदितेऽप्यस्य चित्ते संसारखण्डके ॥ ३६ ॥

cittākāśaghanaikatvāt svē’pyanyē’pi bhavanti tē | ēvaṁ nāmōditē’pyasya cittē saṁsārakhaṇḍakē || 36 ||

Translation

Because the space of mind and the Self are densely one, even others become one's own. So, though named as arisen in its mind, in this fragment of the world,

Word by word

cittākāśa
of the space of mind
ghana
densely
ēkatvāt
because one
svē
one’s own
api
even
anyē
others
bhavanti
become
tē
they
ēvaṁ
so
nāma
named
uditē
as arisen
asya
its
cittē
in mind
saṁsāra
of the world
khaṇḍakē
in this fragment

Meaning

The commentary: kin are really related to the body; but when mind and the Self are fused in a firm identification with the body, even others become one's own. The sentence runs into the next verse.