येन बुद्धं तु तस्यैतदाकाशादपि शून्यकम् । न बुद्धं येन तस्यैतद्वज्रसाराचलोपमम् ॥ १३ ॥
yēna buddhaṁ tu tasyaitadākāśādapi śūnyakam | na buddhaṁ yēna tasyaitadvajrasārācalōpamam || 13 ||
Translation
For one who has understood, this is emptier even than space; for one who has not understood, it is like a mountain hard as diamond.
Word by word
- yēna
- for one who
- buddhaṁ
- has understood
- tu
- and
- tasya
- for him
- ētad
- (etat) this
- ākāśād
- (ākāśāt) than space
- api
- even
- śūnyakam
- emptier
- na
- not
- vajra
- diamond
- sāra
- hard as
- acala
- a mountain
- upamam
- like
Meaning
The answer to Rāma, turned back on him. The wall of the world-egg is diamond only to one who has not understood.