प्रसरन्ति यतश्चित्राः संसारासारवृष्टयः । अक्षयामृतसंपूर्णादम्भोदादिव वृष्टयः ॥ १४ ॥
prasaranti yataścitrāḥ saṁsārāsāravṛṣṭayaḥ | akṣayāmṛtasaṁpūrṇādambhōdādiva vṛṣṭayaḥ || 14 ||
Translation
from whom the varied downpours of saṁsāra stream forth, as rains from a cloud full of undying nectar;
Word by word
- prasaranti
- stream forth
- yataś
- (yataḥ) from whom
- citrāḥ
- varied
- saṁsāra
- of saṁsāra
- āsāra
- downpours
- vṛṣṭayaḥ
- rains
- akṣaya
- undying
- amṛta
- nectar
- saṁpūrṇād
- (saṁpūrṇāt) full of
- ambhōdād
- (ambhodāt) from a cloud
- iva
- as
Meaning
The commentary unfolds the image: as a cloud full of water that never runs out pours down in torrents, so from the supreme reality, full of a bliss that never runs out, saṁsāra pours down in all its variety. The word for downpour (āsāra) also sounds as asāra, without substance: the rain is heavy, and it is empty. The source loses nothing by raining.