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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.30.6

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 30 · Verse 6

यत्र यत्रोदिता संविद्येषां येषां यथा यथा । तत्र तत्रोदितं रूपं तेषां तेषां तथा तथा ॥ ६ ॥

yatra yatrōditā saṁvidyēṣāṁ yēṣāṁ yathā yathā | tatra tatrōditaṁ rūpaṁ tēṣāṁ tēṣāṁ tathā tathā || 6 ||

Translation

Wherever awareness arose, in whichever beings and in whatever way, there their form arose, for those very beings and in that very way.

Word by word

yatra
wherever
uditā
arose
saṁvid
(saṃvit) awareness
yēṣāṁ
in whichever beings
yathā
in whatever way
tatra
there
uditaṁ
arose
rūpaṁ
form
tēṣāṁ
for those very beings
tathā
in that very way

Meaning

The rule behind all the variety that follows: form follows awareness. As a being's awareness rises, so its world takes shape, exactly and for it alone. This is the teaching of the whole tale of Līlā in one verse.