परमार्कवपुर्भूत्वा प्रकाशान्तं विसारयन् । त्रिजगत्त्रसरेण्वोघं शान्तमेवाऽवतिष्ठते ॥ २२ ॥
paramārkavapurbhūtvā prakāśāntaṁ visārayan | trijagattrasarēṇvōghaṁ śāntamēvā’vatiṣṭhatē || 22 ||
Translation
Becoming the body of the supreme sun, spreading the mass of motes that is the three worlds to the farthest reach of its light, he stays at peace.
Word by word
- parama
- supreme
- arka
- of the sun
- vapur
- (vapuḥ) the body
- bhūtvā
- becoming
- prakāśa
- of its light
- antaṁ
- to the farthest reach
- visārayan
- spreading
- trijagat
- the three worlds
- trasarēṇu
- of motes
- ōghaṁ
- the mass
- śāntam
- at peace
- ēva
- indeed
- avatiṣṭhatē
- he stays
Meaning
The highest image: not the sun in the sky but the "supreme sun", awareness without covering. The commentary: becoming awareness free of any veil, he spreads all things, from the three worlds down to the smallest particle, pervaded by the light of awareness, and yet stays at peace, unchanged. The three worlds are a cloud of motes in a sunbeam; the sun is not moved by the dust that dances in its light.