श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । ससर्वावरणा एते महत्यन्तविवर्जिते । ब्रह्माण्डा भान्ति दुर्दृष्टेर्व्योम्नि केशोण्डूको यथा ॥ १० ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | sasarvāvaraṇā ētē mahatyantavivarjitē | brahmāṇḍā bhānti durdṛṣṭērvyōmni kēśōṇḍūkō yathā || 10 ||
Translation
Vasiṣṭha said: These world-eggs, with all their coverings, appear in the great endless space to faulty sight, as hair-balls appear in the sky.
Word by word
- sa
- with
- sarva
- all
- āvaraṇā
- their coverings
- ētē
- these
- mahati
- in the great
- anta
- end
- vivarjitē
- without
- brahmāṇḍā
- world-eggs
- bhānti
- appear
- durdṛṣṭēr
- (durdṛṣṭeḥ) to faulty sight
- vyōmni
- in the sky
- kēśōṇḍūkō
- hair-balls
- yathā
- as
Meaning
The first answer: none of it is there at all. The keśoṇḍuka is the knot of hair-like floaters a weak eye sees in a clear sky; the sky has none. So the world-eggs appear to the sight that ignorance has spoiled. Since they are an illusion, there is no need for them to obey the rules of their ground. Another commentary: as blueness appears in the sky.