क्वचिदत्यन्तनिःशून्यमवदातमनन्तरम् । आनन्दमृदुशान्ताच्छं ज्ञस्येव हृदयं ततम् ॥ ४९ ॥
kvacidatyantaniḥśūnyamavadātamanantaram | ānandamṛduśāntācchaṁ jñasyēva hṛdayaṁ tatam || 49 ||
Translation
in one place utterly void, spotless, without end, spread out, soft with bliss, at peace and clear, like the heart of one who knows.
Word by word
- kvacid
- (kvacit) in one place
- atyanta
- utterly
- niḥśūnyam
- void
- avadātam
- spotless
- anantaram
- without end
- ānanda
- with bliss
- mṛdu
- soft
- śānta
- at peace
- acchaṁ
- clear
- jñasya
- of one who knows
- iva
- like
- hṛdayaṁ
- the heart
- tatam
- spread out
Meaning
The still point of the litany. Another commentary: in places wholly empty of seen things, free of the clouds of ignorance, spread out with bliss, softness and peace, like the heart of the knower. The two women, travelling in awareness, find among the worlds a region that is what awareness itself is like.