शुद्धबोधमये तस्मिन् परमालोकवारिधौ । अजस्रमेत्य गच्छन्ति ब्रह्माण्डाख्यास्तरङ्गकाः ॥ १७ ॥
śuddhabōdhamayē tasmin paramālōkavāridhau | ajasramētya gacchanti brahmāṇḍākhyāstaraṅgakāḥ || 17 ||
Translation
In that ocean of supreme light, made of pure knowing, the waves called world-eggs ceaselessly come and go.
Word by word
- śuddha
- pure
- bōdha
- knowing
- mayē
- made of
- tasmin
- in that
- parama
- supreme
- ālōka
- light
- vāridhau
- ocean
- ajasram
- ceaselessly
- ētya
- come
- gacchanti
- go
- brahmāṇḍa
- world-eggs
- ākhyās
- (ākhyāḥ) called
- taraṅgakāḥ
- waves
Meaning
The ocean image again (v. 4), now as light. The worlds are waves: they rise and fall, and the ocean neither gains nor loses.