प्रकृतिव्रततिर्व्योम्नि जाता ब्रह्माण्डसत्फला । चित्तमूलेन्द्रियदला येन नृत्यति वायुना ॥ १७ ॥
prakṛtivratatirvyōmni jātā brahmāṇḍasatphalā | cittamūlēndriyadalā yēna nṛtyati vāyunā || 17 ||
Translation
by whom, as by a wind, the creeper of nature dances, sprung up in space, the cosmic eggs its fair fruit, the mind its root, the senses its leaves;
Word by word
- prakṛti
- of nature (prakṛti)
- vratatir
- (vratatiḥ) the creeper
- vyōmni
- in space
- jātā
- sprung up
- brahmāṇḍa
- the cosmic eggs
- sat
- fair
- phalā
- its fruit
- citta
- the mind
- mūla
- its root
- indriya
- the senses
- dalā
- its leaves
- yēna
- by whom
- nṛtyati
- dances
- vāyunā
- as by a wind
Meaning
Nature (prakṛti), the commentary says, is māyā, and māyā is the creeper. It has sprung up in the space of pure consciousness; its root is the mind, its leaves the senses, its fruits the countless worlds. It is not still: it dances, and what moves it is he, as the wind moves a vine. Without the wind the creeper would hang motionless; without him nature would do nothing.