भीमान्धकारगहने सुमहत्यरण्ये नृत्यन्त्यदर्शितपरस्परमेव मत्ताः । यक्षा यथा प्रवितते परमाम्बरेऽन्त- रेवं स्फुरन्ति सुबहूनि महाजगन्ति ॥ ३४ ॥
bhīmāndhakāragahanē sumahatyaraṇyē nṛtyantyadarśitaparasparamēva mattāḥ | yakṣā yathā pravitatē paramāmbarē’nta- rēvaṁ sphuranti subahūni mahājaganti || 34 ||
Translation
As in a vast forest, thick with fearful darkness, yakṣas dance, drunk, unseen by one another, so in the wide supreme space many great worlds flicker within.
Word by word
- bhīma
- fearful
- andhakāra
- with darkness
- gahanē
- thick
- sumahatya
- (sumahati) vast
- araṇyē
- in a forest
- nṛtyantya
- (nṛtyanti) dance
- adarśita
- unseen
- parasparam
- by one another
- ēva
- indeed
- mattāḥ
- drunk
- yakṣā
- yakṣas
- yathā
- as
- pravitatē
- wide
- parama
- supreme
- ambarē
- space
- antar
- (antaḥ) within
- ēvaṁ
- so
- sphuranti
- flicker
- subahūni
- many
- mahā
- great
- jaganti
- worlds
Meaning
The closing verse in vasantatilakā. The yakṣas dance in the dark, each lost in his own dance and none seeing the others. So the worlds: each is whole to itself, and none knows the others are there. The first commentary: so many great worlds flash forth in Brahman, veiled by ignorance; and one should not think there are only as many as can be told.