आतिवाहिक एवाऽयं त्वादृशैश्चित्तदेहकः । आधिभौतिकताबुद्ध्या गृहीतश्चिरभावनात् ॥ ५४ ॥
ātivāhika ēvā’yaṁ tvādṛśaiścittadēhakaḥ | ādhibhautikatābuddhyā gṛhītaścirabhāvanāt || 54 ||
Translation
This subtle body of thought is the subtle one alone, in such as you too; it is taken for something gross only through long habit of thinking so.
Word by word
- ātivāhika
- the subtle one
- ēva
- alone
- ayaṁ
- this
- tvādṛśaiś
- (tvādṛśaiḥ) in such as you
- citta
- of thought
- dēhakaḥ
- body
- ādhibhautikatā
- something gross
- buddhyā
- with the idea
- gṛhītaś
- (gṛhītaḥ) taken
- cira
- long
- bhāvanāt
- through habit of thinking
Meaning
Another commentary: your body too is only mind, yet people like you, by long habit, have taken it with the idea of being made of elements. The goddess draws the conclusion that frees Līlā: her body is not different in kind from the goddess's, only held differently. "Ātivāhika", the subtle carrying body, is the body of mind that carries the jīva from world to world.