एवमभ्युदिते लोके न किञ्चिन्न कदाचन । क्वचिदभ्युदितं नाम केवलं चिन्नभः स्थितम् ॥ २० ॥
ēvamabhyuditē lōkē na kiñcinna kadācana | kvacidabhyuditaṁ nāma kēvalaṁ cinnabhaḥ sthitam || 20 ||
Translation
When the world has risen thus, nothing at all has ever risen; what is called "risen" anywhere is only the sky of awareness standing as it is.
Word by word
- ēvam
- thus
- abhyuditē
- when has risen
- lōkē
- the world
- na
- not
- kiñcin
- (kiñcit) anything
- kadācana
- ever
- kvacid
- (kvacit) anywhere
- abhyuditaṁ
- risen
- nāma
- what is called
- kēvalaṁ
- only
- cin
- (cit) of awareness
- nabhaḥ
- the sky
- sthitam
- standing
Meaning
Another commentary: since it is mere experience, and this creation and the former one are both sublated, nothing has arisen in the world and nothing will; the space of awareness alone stands. The rising of a world is a way of speaking about awareness that has not moved.