श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । बुद्धः पृथ्व्यादिबोधेन येन पृथ्व्यादिसङ्घकः । तस्य पिण्डात्मतां धत्ते व्योमैवाऽन्यस्य केवलम् ॥ ४४ ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | buddhaḥ pṛthvyādibōdhēna yēna pṛthvyādisaṅghakaḥ | tasya piṇḍātmatāṁ dhattē vyōmaivā’nyasya kēvalam || 44 ||
Translation
Vasiṣṭha said: For one who has understood the aggregate of earth and the rest by the knowing of earth and the rest, it takes on solidity; for another it is space alone.
Word by word
- buddhaḥ
- has understood
- pṛthvī
- of earth
- ādi
- and the rest
- bōdhēna
- by the knowing
- yēna
- by whom
- saṅghakaḥ
- the aggregate
- tasya
- for him
- piṇḍātmatāṁ
- solidity
- dhattē
- it takes on
- vyōma
- space
- ēva
- alone
- anyasya
- for another
- kēvalam
- only
Meaning
The answer begins from the general principle. What appears as solid appears so to one who knows it as earth, water and the rest. For the knower the same appearance is only space, the space of awareness. Līlā is the second: the son she would comfort, and the mother who would comfort him, are not solid things to her any more.