अत्यन्ताभावसंपत्तौ द्रष्टृदृश्यदृशां मनः । एकध्याने परे रूढे निर्विकल्पसमाधिनि ॥ ७६ ॥
atyantābhāvasaṁpattau draṣṭṛdṛśyadṛśāṁ manaḥ | ēkadhyānē parē rūḍhē nirvikalpasamādhini || 76 ||
Translation
When the utter non-being of seer, seen and seeing is reached, and the mind is set in the one meditation on the Supreme, in samādhi without alternatives,
Word by word
- atyanta
- utter
- abhāva
- non-being
- saṁpattau
- when is reached
- draṣṭṛ
- of seer
- dṛśya
- seen
- dṛśāṁ
- and seeing
- manaḥ
- the mind
- ēka
- one
- dhyānē
- in meditation
- parē
- on the Supreme
- rūḍhē
- is set
- nirvikalpa
- without alternatives
- samādhini
- in samādhi
Meaning
The goddess now describes the way the seed grows. First, the seer, the seeing and the seen are seen as utterly without being; then the mind rests in the one meditation on the Supreme, nirvikalpa samādhi, where no alternatives arise. The sentence runs on through the next two verses.