उत्पद्योत्पद्यते तत्र स्वयं संवित्स्वभावतः । स्वसङ्कल्पैः शमं याति बालसङ्कल्पजालवत् ॥ ८ ॥
utpadyōtpadyatē tatra svayaṁ saṁvitsvabhāvataḥ | svasaṅkalpaiḥ śamaṁ yāti bālasaṅkalpajālavat || 8 ||
Translation
There awareness itself, by its own nature, arises again and again, and by its own fancies comes to rest again, like a child's web of fancies.
Word by word
- utpadya
- arising
- utpadyatē
- arises again
- tatra
- there
- svayaṁ
- itself
- saṁvit
- awareness
- svabhāvataḥ
- by its own nature
- sva
- own
- saṅkalpaiḥ
- by fancies
- śamaṁ
- to rest
- yāti
- comes
- bāla
- a child's
- saṅkalpa
- of fancies
- jāla
- web
- vat
- like
Meaning
A child imagines a whole world in play, lives in it, and lets it go without a trace. So awareness, by its nature, throws up worlds and lets them settle. Another commentary: the world-eggs rise in that space of awareness, each by its own fancy, and come to rest in it again. Nothing is lost when they go, as nothing was added when they came.