आविर्भावतिरोभावमयास्त्रिभुवनोर्मयः । स्फुरन्त्यतितते यस्मिन् मराविव मरीचयः ॥ १५ ॥
āvirbhāvatirōbhāvamayāstribhuvanōrmayaḥ | sphurantyatitatē yasmin marāviva marīcayaḥ || 15 ||
Translation
in whom, vast beyond measure, the waves of the three worlds, made of appearing and vanishing, flicker like mirages in a desert;
Word by word
- āvirbhāva
- appearing
- tirōbhāva
- vanishing
- mayās
- (mayāḥ) made of
- tri
- three
- bhuvana
- worlds
- ūrmayaḥ
- the waves
- sphuranti
- flicker
- atitatē
- vast beyond measure
- yasmin
- in whom
- marau
- in a desert
- iva
- like
- marīcayaḥ
- mirages
Meaning
The worlds are waves, rising and falling; and they are mirages, water that is seen and is not there. The commentary: as in a desert the mirage-water now shows and now hides, so in that all-pervading reality the three worlds flicker in appearing and disappearing. The desert is real; the water never was.