यथा शून्यत्वमाकाशे ताप एव मरौ जलम् । तेज एव सदालोके ब्रह्मैव त्रिजगत्तथा ॥ ३४ ॥
yathā śūnyatvamākāśē tāpa ēva marau jalam | tēja ēva sadālōkē brahmaiva trijagattathā || 34 ||
Translation
As emptiness in space, as water in the desert is heat alone, as light is radiance always, just so the three worlds are Brahman alone.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- śūnyatvam
- emptiness
- ākāśē
- in space
- tāpa
- heat
- ēva
- alone
- marau
- in the desert
- jalam
- water
- tēja
- radiance
- sadā
- always
- ālōkē
- light
- brahma
- Brahman
- trijagat
- the three worlds
- tathā
- just so
Meaning
Three more images. Emptiness is not something in space; it is what space is. The water of a mirage is the heat itself, nothing more. Light is radiance. The commentary: just so the three worlds are Brahman. The mirage is the sharpest of them: it looks like water and is entirely heat; the world looks like a world and is entirely Brahman.