कांश्चिदापततोऽधस्तात् कांश्चिच्चोपरि गच्छतः । कांश्चित्तिर्यग्गतीनन्यान् स्थितांस्तब्धान् स्वसंविदा ॥ ५ ॥
kāṁścidāpatatō’dhastāt kāṁściccōpari gacchataḥ | kāṁścittiryaggatīnanyān sthitāṁstabdhān svasaṁvidā || 5 ||
Translation
some falling downward, some going upward, others moving sideways, others standing still, each by its own awareness.
Word by word
- kāṁścid
- (kāṃścit) some
- āpatatō
- falling
- adhastāt
- downward
- kāṁścic
- (kāṃścit) some
- ca
- and
- upari
- upward
- gacchataḥ
- going
- kāṁścit
- others
- tiryag
- (tiryak) sideways
- gatīn
- moving
- anyān
- others
- sthitāṁ
- (sthitān) standing
- stabdhān
- still
- sva
- its own
- saṁvidā
- by awareness
Meaning
"By its own awareness" (svasaṃvidā) is the key. Both commentaries: according to the awareness of the beings who take each world-egg as theirs. A world falls or rises or stands only as it is felt from within.