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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.26.53

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
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Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 26 · Verse 53

Verse 53

लीलया तु यथावस्तु बुद्धा पृथ्व्यादिनास्तिता । आकाशमेव संवित्त्या भाति भ्रान्तितयोदितम् ॥ ५३ ॥

līlayā tu yathāvastu buddhā pṛthvyādināstitā | ākāśamēva saṁvittyā bhāti bhrāntitayōditam || 53 ||

Translation

But Līlā has understood the non-being of earth and the rest, as things truly are; to her awareness it shines as space alone, risen as error.

Word by word

līlayā
Līlā
tu
but
yathāvastu
as things truly are
buddhā
has understood
pṛthvī
of earth
ādi
and the rest
nāstitā
the non-being
ākāśam
space
ēva
alone
saṁvittyā
to her awareness
bhāti
shines
bhrāntitayā
as error
uditam
risen

Meaning

Another commentary: Līlā has known the non-existence of earth and the rest, for to the eye of knowledge all is the space of awareness, and its form is seen to arise only from false error.