तमेव मण्डपाकाशकोणकं शून्यमात्रकम् । चतुःसमुद्रपर्यन्तं भूतलं सोऽनुभूतवान् ॥ ४ ॥
tamēva maṇḍapākāśakōṇakaṁ śūnyamātrakam | catuḥsamudraparyantaṁ bhūtalaṁ sō’nubhūtavān || 4 ||
Translation
That very corner of the space of the hall, mere emptiness, he experienced as the earth bounded by the four seas.
Word by word
- tam
- that
- ēva
- very
- maṇḍapa
- of the hall
- ākāśa
- of the space
- kōṇakaṁ
- corner
- śūnya
- emptiness
- mātrakam
- mere
- catuḥ
- four
- samudra
- by the seas
- paryantaṁ
- bounded
- bhūtalaṁ
- as the earth
- sō
- (saḥ) he
- anubhūtavān
- experienced
Meaning
A corner of a room, experienced as a whole world: the teaching in one sentence.