आदिसर्गे जगद्भ्रान्तिर्यथेयं स्थितिमागता । तथा तदाप्रभृत्येवं नियतिः प्रौढिमागता ॥ ४६ ॥
ādisargē jagadbhrāntiryathēyaṁ sthitimāgatā | tathā tadāprabhṛtyēvaṁ niyatiḥ prauḍhimāgatā || 46 ||
Translation
As this error of a world came to stand in the first creation, so from that time on the order of things has grown strong.
Word by word
- ādi
- in the first
- sargē
- creation
- jagad
- (jagat) of a world
- bhrāntir
- (bhrāntiḥ) error
- yathā
- as
- iyaṁ
- this
- sthitim
- to stand
- āgatā
- came; has grown
- tathā
- so
- tadā
- from that time
- prabhṛtya
- (prabhṛti) on
- ēvaṁ
- thus
- niyatiḥ
- the order of things
- prauḍhim
- strong
Meaning
Another commentary: as the error of the world became fixed in the first creation by the creator's will, so from then on the order of things, a beginningless fixity, the māyā-power of the Lord's will, grew firm. The laws that keep bodies from entering another's dream are themselves part of the error, made firm by long habit.