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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.29.2

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 29 · Verse 2

कालेनैतावता लीला तेनाऽभ्यासेन साऽभवत् । शुद्धज्ञानैकदेहत्वात् त्रिकालामलदर्शिनी ॥ २ ॥

kālēnaitāvatā līlā tēnā’bhyāsēna sā’bhavat | śuddhajñānaikadēhatvāt trikālāmaladarśinī || 2 ||

Translation

By this time, through that practice, Līlā had become one who sees the three times clearly, because her one body was now pure knowing.

Word by word

kālēna
by time
ētāvatā
this
līlā
Līlā
tēna
through that
abhyāsēna
practice
sā
she
abhavat
had become
śuddha
pure
jñāna
knowing
ēka
one
dēhatvāt
because the body was
tri
three
kāla
times
amala
clearly
darśinī
one who sees

Meaning

The practice is the one the goddess taught her in the sargas before: to see what appears as awareness and nothing else. Once the body is felt to be knowing alone, it no longer blocks the view; past, present and future lie open to her as the rooms of one house lie open to the one who lives in it. Nothing has been added to Līlā; a covering has fallen away.