ददर्श परमाकाशं तत्प्रमाणविवर्जितम् । तथा ततं जगदिदं यथा तत्राण्डमात्रकम् ॥ २ ॥
dadarśa paramākāśaṁ tatpramāṇavivarjitam | tathā tataṁ jagadidaṁ yathā tatrāṇḍamātrakam || 2 ||
Translation
she saw the supreme space, beyond any measure of it, spread so wide that this whole world was in it a mere egg.
Word by word
- dadarśa
- she saw
- parama
- the supreme
- ākāśaṁ
- space
- tat
- of it
- pramāṇa
- any measure
- vivarjitaṁ
- beyond
- tathā
- so
- tataṁ
- spread
- jagad
- (jagat) world
- idaṁ
- this
- yathā
- that
- tatra
- in it
- aṇḍa
- an egg
- mātrakaṁ
- a mere
Meaning
The world-egg (brahmāṇḍa), which held every world she had passed, is now seen from outside, as one small thing in a space that has no measure. The view of 3.29 is turned inside out: what was all is now a speck.