सस्पन्दे समुदेतीव निःस्पन्दान्तर्गते न च । इयं यस्मिन् जगल्लक्ष्मीरलात इव चक्रता ॥ ५८ ॥
saspandē samudētīva niḥspandāntargatē na ca | iyaṁ yasmin jagallakṣmīralāta iva cakratā || 58 ||
Translation
In whom, when he stirs, this splendour of the world seems to rise, and when he rests in stillness it does not: like the circle of a whirling firebrand.
Word by word
- saspandē
- when he stirs
- samudēti
- rise
- iva
- seems to
- niḥspanda
- in stillness
- antargatē
- when he rests
- na
- not
- ca
- and
- iyaṁ
- this
- yasmin
- in whom
- jagal
- (jagat) of the world
- lakṣmīr
- (lakṣmīḥ) splendour
- alāta
- of a whirling firebrand
- cakratā
- the circle
Meaning
The firebrand (alāta) whirled in the dark makes a circle of fire that is not there; when it stops, there is no circle. The commentary: when awareness takes the form of mind and stirs, the splendour of the world arises; when it turns inward and is still, it does not. The circle was never anything but the one point of fire, moving.