Sacred Texts
Yoga Vāsiṣṭha cover

॥ श्री ॥vedantaFor reading

Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.21.62

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 21 · Verse 62

Verse 62

परं परे परापूर्णमिदं देहादिकं स्थितम् । इति सत्यं वयं भद्रे पश्यामो नाऽभिपश्यसि ॥ ६२ ॥

paraṁ parē parāpūrṇamidaṁ dēhādikaṁ sthitam | iti satyaṁ vayaṁ bhadrē paśyāmō nā’bhipaśyasi || 62 ||

Translation

Supreme in the supreme, full of the supreme, this body and the rest stand: so, good lady, we see in truth, and you do not.

Word by word

paraṁ
supreme
parē
in the supreme
parāpūrṇam
full of the supreme
idaṁ
this
dēha
body
ādikaṁ
and the rest
sthitam
stand
iti
so
satyaṁ
in truth
vayaṁ
we
bhadrē
good lady
paśyāmō
(paśyāmaḥ) see
na
not
abhipaśyasi
you see

Meaning

Another commentary: this body and the five sheaths, standing one inside another, are the Supreme Brahman itself in its own greatness; so we see without obstruction, always, and you, lacking firm knowledge, do not. The difference between the goddess and Līlā is not in what is there but in how it is seen.