यस्योन्मेषनिमेषार्द्धाद्विदः प्रलयसंभवौ । पश्येत्त्रिलोक्याः स्वसमः स जीवन्मुक्त उच्यते ॥ १० ॥
yasyōnmēṣanimēṣārddhādvidaḥ pralayasaṁbhavau | paśyēttrilōkyāḥ svasamaḥ sa jīvanmukta ucyatē || 10 ||
Translation
He who sees that the dissolution and the creation of the three worlds come from half an opening and closing of the eye of awareness, and is himself the same: he is called freed while living.
Word by word
- yasya
- of awareness
- unmēṣa
- opening
- nimēṣa
- and closing of the eye
- arddhāt
- from half an
- vidaḥ
- of awareness
- pralaya
- the dissolution
- saṁbhavau
- and creation
- paśyēt
- he who sees
- trilōkyāḥ
- of the three worlds
- sva
- himself
- samaḥ
- the same
- sa
- he
- jīvan
- while living
- mukta
- freed
- ucyatē
- is called
Meaning
A mark of vision rather than conduct. The commentary: when the covering over the Self parts a little, the three worlds dissolve; when it covers, they arise; he sees this, and remains the same in his own Self. The whole cosmos, its creation and end, hangs on a blink of awareness: as awareness looks outward, a world appears; as it rests in itself, the world is gone. One who has seen this is not shaken by either, because he knows both as movements within what he is.