यथा कमलबीजान्तः स्थिता कमलवल्लरी । महाचित्परमाण्वन्तस्तथा दृश्यं जगत्स्थितम् ॥ ४९ ॥
yathā kamalabījāntaḥ sthitā kamalavallarī | mahācitparamāṇvantastathā dṛśyaṁ jagatsthitam || 49 ||
Translation
As the lotus plant lies within the lotus seed, so the seen, the world, lies within the atom of great awareness.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- kamala
- lotus; the lotus
- bīja
- the seed
- antaḥ
- within
- sthitā
- lies
- vallarī
- plant
- mahācit
- of great awareness
- paramāṇu
- the atom
- antas
- (antaḥ) within
- tathā
- so
- dṛśyaṁ
- the seen
- jagat
- the world
- sthitam
- lies
Meaning
The image of 3.3.36, now with a new word: the atom (paramāṇu) of awareness. Not that awareness is small, but that it is partless, as the atom was held to be; the whole world is folded into what has no parts.