श्रीराम उवाच । किमधः स्यात् किमूर्ध्वं स्यात् किं तिर्यक् तत्र भासुरे । इति ब्रूहि मम ब्रह्मन्निहैव यदि न स्थितम् ॥ ९ ॥
śrīrāma uvāca | kimadhaḥ syāt kimūrdhvaṁ syāt kiṁ tiryak tatra bhāsurē | iti brūhi mama brahmannihaiva yadi na sthitam || 9 ||
Translation
Rāma said: What would be below, what above, what sideways, in that shining space? Tell me this, brahman, if they are not even here.
Word by word
- kim
- what
- adhaḥ
- below
- syāt
- would be
- ūrdhvaṁ
- above
- kiṁ
- what
- tiryak
- sideways
- tatra
- in that
- bhāsurē
- shining space
- iti
- this
- brūhi
- tell
- mama
- me
- brahman
- brahman
- iha
- here
- ēva
- even
- yadi
- if
- na
- not
- sthitam
- they are
Meaning
Rāma's objection is sharp. If the ground of all has no above or below, how can the worlds imagined in it have them? What is imagined should take the shape of its ground. The first commentary sets out the doubt this way.