अर्द्धोन्मीलितदृश्यभ्रूमध्ये तारकवज्जगत् । व्योमात्मैव सदाभासं स्वरूपं योऽभिपश्यति ॥ ५४ ॥
arddhōnmīlitadṛśyabhrūmadhyē tārakavajjagat | vyōmātmaiva sadābhāsaṁ svarūpaṁ yō’bhipaśyati || 54 ||
- Another reading: तारकवत् जगत् (tārakavat jagat) for तारकवज्जगत्
Translation
He who sees, between the brows, the world like a star, as in a half-opened gaze, and sees his own nature, ever shining, as space itself.
Word by word
- arddha
- half
- unmīlita
- opened
- dṛśya
- in a gaze
- bhrū
- the brows
- madhyē
- between
- tāraka
- a star
- vaj
- (vat) like
- jagat
- the world
- vyōma
- space
- ātmā
- itself
- ēva
- as
- sadā
- ever
- ābhāsaṁ
- shining
- svarūpaṁ
- his own nature
- yō
- he who
- abhipaśyati
- sees
Meaning
The commentary explains through the yogic khecarī-mudrā: with eyes half closed and the gaze fixed between the brows, the yogī sees the world faint, a mere shimmer, like a star. So the freed one sees the world: there, but faint, and his own nature, which is space, always shining. That seer too, the commentary says, is this same being.