लीलोवाच । आतिवाहिकदेहत्वप्रत्यये घनतां गते । तामवाप्नोत्ययं देहो दशामाहो विनश्यति ॥ ५७ ॥
līlōvāca | ātivāhikadēhatvapratyayē ghanatāṁ gatē | tāmavāpnōtyayaṁ dēhō daśāmāhō vinaśyati || 57 ||
Translation
Līlā said: When the conviction of having a subtle body has become dense, does this body reach that state, or does it perish?
Word by word
- ātivāhika
- subtle
- dēhatva
- of having a body
- pratyayē
- when the conviction
- ghanatāṁ
- dense
- gatē
- has become
- tām
- that
- avāpnōtya
- (avāpnoti) reach
- ayaṁ
- this
- dēhō
- (dehaḥ) body
- daśām
- state
- āhō
- or
- vinaśyati
- does it perish
Meaning
The commentary: the gross bodies of others are seen to perish; so the body of one free while living too would seem bound to perish rather than become subtle. With that in mind Līlā asks: when, by practice of samādhi, the sense "my body is subtle" grows firm, does this gross body take that subtle state, or is it destroyed?