सङ्कल्पनगरस्यैव ममाऽऽकाशमयं वपुः । ब्रह्मैव चाऽन्तः पश्यामि देहेनाऽनेन तत्पदम् ॥ ४० ॥
saṅkalpanagarasyaiva mamā’’kāśamayaṁ vapuḥ | brahmaiva cā’ntaḥ paśyāmi dēhēnā’nēna tatpadam || 40 ||
Translation
My body is made of space, like a city of fancy; and with this very body I see Brahman within, that state.
Word by word
- saṅkalpa
- of fancy
- nagarasya
- a city
- ēva
- like
- mama
- my
- ākāśa
- space
- mayaṁ
- made of
- vapuḥ
- body
- brahmaiva
- Brahman
- ca
- and
- antaḥ
- within
- paśyāmi
- I see
- dēhēna
- body
- anēna
- with this very
- tat
- that
- padam
- state
Meaning
The commentary: like a city built of wishes, my body is made of space, of pure awareness; with this body I see that highest state, Brahman, in my own inner sense. The goddess's body is no hindrance because it is not taken to be anything but awareness.