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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.26.47

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 26 · Verse 47

Verse 47

पृथ्व्यादि खतया बुद्धं खमित्येवाऽनुभूयते । तथाहि क्षुब्धधातूनां कुड्येषु ख इवोद्यमः ॥ ४७ ॥

pṛthvyādi khatayā buddhaṁ khamityēvā’nubhūyatē | tathāhi kṣubdhadhātūnāṁ kuḍyēṣu kha ivōdyamaḥ || 47 ||

Translation

Earth and the rest, understood as space, are experienced simply as space: so, for those whose humours are disturbed, there is a going forward on walls as through space.

Word by word

pṛthvī
earth
ādi
and the rest
khatayā
as space
buddhaṁ
understood
kham
space
itya
(iti) as
ēva
simply
anubhūyatē
are experienced
tathāhi
so
kṣubdha
disturbed
dhātūnāṁ
for those whose humours are
kuḍyēṣu
on walls
khē
through space
iva
as
udyamaḥ
a going forward

Meaning

Another commentary: as to the mad, with their humours disturbed, walls seem open space and they walk at them. What one takes a thing to be, it is for one.