आल्हादकमलं सौम्यं शून्यताम्भोनिमज्जनात् । अत्यन्तशुद्धं गम्भीरं प्रसन्नमपि सज्जनात् ॥ ३ ॥
ālhādakamalaṁ saumyaṁ śūnyatāmbhōnimajjanāt | atyantaśuddhaṁ gambhīraṁ prasannamapi sajjanāt || 3 ||
Translation
a gladdening lotus, gentle, from its plunge in the water of emptiness; utterly pure, deep, and clearer even than a good man.
Word by word
- ālhādaka
- gladdening
- kamalaṁ
- a lotus
- saumyaṁ
- gentle
- śūnyatā
- of emptiness
- ambhō
- (ambhaḥ) the water
- nimajjanāt
- from its plunge in
- atyanta
- utterly
- śuddhaṁ
- pure
- gambhīraṁ
- deep
- prasannam
- clearer
- api
- even
- sajjanāt
- than a good man
Meaning
The commentary: like a lotus that delights the bees, the beings, by first rising out of the water of Brahman, which is emptiness; at peace, utterly clear, deep, and more serene even than the mind of a good man. The sky is pictured as the first thing to rise out of the Absolute, still wet, as it were, with its emptiness.