तत्स्वयं स्वैरमेवाऽऽशु सङ्कल्पयति देहकम् । तेनेयमिन्द्रजालश्रीर्विततेन वितन्यते ॥ ७९ ॥
tatsvayaṁ svairamēvā’’śu saṅkalpayati dēhakam | tēnēyamindrajālaśrīrvitatēna vitanyatē || 79 ||
Translation
It itself, freely and quickly, imagines a little body; and by it, grown wide, this splendour of magic is spread out.
Word by word
- tat
- it
- svayaṁ
- itself
- svairam
- freely
- ēva
- indeed
- āśu
- quickly
- saṅkalpayati
- imagines
- dēhakam
- a little body
- tēna
- by it
- iyam
- this
- indrajāla
- of magic
- śrīr
- (śrīḥ) splendour
- vitatēna
- grown wide
- vitanyatē
- is spread out
Meaning
The little body (dehaka): the diminutive is almost tender. The mind, at its own will, imagines a body for itself; the other commentary adds that by long dwelling on it the body grows vast, and the world unfolds as a conjuror's show (indrajāla).