नानारत्नामलोद्योतो वनवद्भाति खे यथा । पृथ्व्यादिभूतरहिता जगच्चिद् भाति चिन्तया ॥ ३१ ॥
nānāratnāmalōdyōtō vanavadbhāti khē yathā | pṛthvyādibhūtarahitā jagaccid bhāti cintayā || 31 ||
Translation
As a clear light of many gems shines in space like a forest, so awareness, without the elements of earth and the rest, shines as a world by thinking.
Word by word
- nānā
- many
- ratna
- of gems
- amala
- clear
- udyōtō
- (udyotaḥ) a light
- vanavad
- (vanavat) like a forest
- bhāti
- shines
- khē
- in space
- yathā
- as
- pṛthvī
- earth
- ādi
- and the rest
- bhūta
- the elements
- rahitā
- without
- jagat
- as a world
- cid
- (cit) awareness
- cintayā
- by thinking
Meaning
Another commentary: as the light of gems seems in the sky like a forest, so awareness, free of earth and the other elements, appears as the world through the firm tendency of ignorance.