स्तब्धा इव स्थिताः केचित् केशोण्डूकमिवाऽम्बरे । वायोः स्पन्दा इवाऽऽभान्ति तथा प्रोदितसंविदः ॥ २३ ॥
stabdhā iva sthitāḥ kēcit kēśōṇḍūkamivā’mbarē | vāyōḥ spandā ivā’’bhānti tathā prōditasaṁvidaḥ || 23 ||
Translation
Some stand as if motionless, like a hair-ball in the sky; others, as their awareness has risen, appear like the stirrings of the wind.
Word by word
- stabdhā
- motionless
- iva
- as if; like
- sthitāḥ
- stand
- kēcit
- some
- kēśōṇḍūkam
- a hair-ball
- ambarē
- in the sky
- vāyōḥ
- of the wind
- spandā
- the stirrings
- ābhānti
- appear
- tathā
- as
- prōdita
- has risen
- saṁvidaḥ
- their awareness
Meaning
Stillness and motion, both as awareness shapes them. The first commentary: some, born of tendencies that stir, seem to move like the wind.