बोधो हि चेतति यथैव तथाऽऽशु भाति सूक्ष्मस्तु खादपि तथाऽतितरां विशुद्धः । सर्वत्र राघव स एव पदार्थजालं स्वप्नेषु कल्पितपुरेष्वनुभूतमेतत् ॥ ५७ ॥
bōdhō hi cētati yathaiva tathā’’śu bhāti sūkṣmastu khādapi tathā’titarāṁ viśuddhaḥ | sarvatra rāghava sa ēva padārthajālaṁ svapnēṣu kalpitapurēṣvanubhūtamētat || 57 ||
Translation
Knowing shines quickly just as it knows; it is finer than space, and so utterly pure. Everywhere, Rāghava, it alone is the host of things: this is experienced in dreams and in imagined cities.
Word by word
- bōdhō
- (bodhaḥ) knowing
- hi
- indeed
- cētati
- it knows
- yathā
- as
- ēva
- just
- tathā
- so
- āśu
- quickly
- bhāti
- shines
- sūkṣmas
- (sūkṣmaḥ) finer
- tu
- and
- khād
- (khāt) than space
- api
- even
- atitarāṁ
- utterly
- viśuddhaḥ
- pure
- sarvatra
- everywhere
- rāghava
- Rāghava
- sa
- it
- padārtha
- of things
- jālaṁ
- the host
- svapnēṣu
- in dreams
- kalpita
- in imagined
- purēṣv
- (pureṣu) cities
- anubhūtam
- is experienced
- ētat
- this
Meaning
The sarga ends in a vasantatilakā verse. Awareness becomes, at once, whatever it knows itself as; being subtler than space, it is untouched by what it becomes. The whole world of things is that awareness: dreams and cities of fancy are the daily proof.