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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.28.10

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 28 · Verse 10

Verse 10

स्वचित्तमेव कचति तयोस्तादृङ्मनोहरम् । वासनामात्रसोल्लेखं क्व ब्रह्माण्डं क्व संसृतिः ॥ १० ॥

svacittamēva kacati tayōstādṛṅmanōharam | vāsanāmātrasōllēkhaṁ kva brahmāṇḍaṁ kva saṁsṛtiḥ || 10 ||

Translation

It was their own mind that shone, lovely in that way, traced by tendency alone: where is the world-egg, where the round of births?

Word by word

sva
own
cittam
mind
ēva
their
kacati
shone
tayōs
(tayoḥ) of the two
tādṛṅ
(tādṛk) in that way
manōharam
lovely
vāsanā
by tendency
mātra
alone
sōllēkhaṁ
traced
kva
where
brahmāṇḍaṁ
the world-egg
saṁsṛtiḥ
the round of births

Meaning

Another commentary: only their own lovely minds took the form of those things, by their tendencies, and were known in dealings so; in truth, where is the world-egg, where the world?