अवबोधघनाभ्यासाद्देहस्याऽस्यैव जायते । संसारवासनाकार्श्ये नूनं चित्तशरीरता ॥ १७ ॥
avabōdhaghanābhyāsāddēhasyā’syaiva jāyatē | saṁsāravāsanākārśyē nūnaṁ cittaśarīratā || 17 ||
Translation
Through dense practice of knowing, when the tendencies of becoming have thinned, this very body surely comes to be a body of mind.
Word by word
- avabōdha
- of knowing
- ghana
- dense
- abhyāsād
- (abhyāsāt) through practice
- dēhasya
- body
- asya
- this
- ēva
- very
- jāyatē
- comes to be
- saṁsāra
- of becoming
- vāsanā
- the tendencies
- kārśyē
- when have thinned
- nūnaṁ
- surely
- citta
- of mind
- śarīratā
- a body
Meaning
The commentary meets the doubt that the nature of a thing cannot change, so the gross body can never become subtle: through steady practice of knowledge, as the tendencies of the world grow thin, this same body becomes a body of mind. It is not another body that is attained; this one is seen for what it is.