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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.20.42

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 20 · Verse 42

Verse 42

सचेत्याऽपि तथैवैषा परमव्योमरूपिणी । तस्माच्चेत्यमतो नाऽन्यद्वीचित्वादिव वारितः ॥ ४२ ॥

sacētyā’pi tathaivaiṣā paramavyōmarūpiṇī | tasmāccētyamatō nā’nyadvīcitvādiva vāritaḥ || 42 ||

Translation

with the knowable too it is just so, having the form of the supreme space. So the knowable is not other than it, as waves are not other than water.

Word by word

sacētyā
with the knowable
api
too
tathā
just
ēva
so
ēṣā
it
parama
supreme
vyōma
space
rūpiṇī
having the form
tasmāc
(tasmāt) so
cētyam
the knowable
atō
(ataḥ) than it
na
not
anyad
(anyat) other
vīcitvād
(vīcitvāt) as waves
iva
as
vāritaḥ
from water

Meaning

The commentary: even with objects awareness is clear like space, for superimposed objects do no harm to the ground; so nothing is apart from awareness, as waves are not apart from water.