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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.28.9

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
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Sargas
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 28 · Verse 9

प्रतिभामात्रमेवैतत् सर्वमाकाशमात्रकम् । न ब्रह्माण्डं न संसारो न कुड्यादि न दूरता ॥ ९ ॥

pratibhāmātramēvaitat sarvamākāśamātrakam | na brahmāṇḍaṁ na saṁsārō na kuḍyādi na dūratā || 9 ||

Translation

All this is mere intuition, mere space: there is no world-egg, no world, no wall or the like, no distance.

Word by word

pratibhā
intuition
mātram
mere
ēva
just
ētat
this
sarvam
all
ākāśa
space
mātrakam
mere
na
no
brahmāṇḍaṁ
world-egg
saṁsārō
(saṃsāraḥ) world
kuḍya
wall
ādi
or the like
dūratā
distance

Meaning

Another commentary: all this is only error; in truth there is only the space of awareness; no world-egg, no world, no walls, no distance.