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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.4.63

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 4 · Verse 63

Verse 63

स्मृतिबीजाच्चिदाकाशे पुनरुद्भूय दृश्यधीः । लोकशैलाम्बराकारं दोषं वितनुतेऽतनुम् ॥ ६३ ॥

smṛtibījāccidākāśē punarudbhūya dṛśyadhīḥ | lōkaśailāmbarākāraṁ dōṣaṁ vitanutē’tanum || 63 ||

Translation

From the seed of memory, the thought of the seen would rise again in the space of awareness, and spread out the vast harm in the form of worlds, mountains and sky.

Word by word

smṛti
of memory
bījāc
(bījāt) from the seed
cid
(cit) of awareness
ākāśē
in the space
punar
(punaḥ) again
udbhūya
would rise
dṛśya
of the seen
dhīḥ
the thought
lōka
of worlds
śaila
mountains
ambara
and sky
ākāraṁ
in the form
dōṣaṁ
harm
vitanutē
spread out
atanum
the vast

Meaning

The commentary: from the seed of memory the thought of the seen would arise again in the space of awareness, and spread the great harm in the form of worlds, mountains and sky. A real world, suppressed, comes back.