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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.9.62

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 9 · Verse 62

Verse 62

यदस्पन्दं शिवं शान्तं यत्स्पन्दं त्रिजगत्स्थितिः । स्पन्दास्पन्दविलासात्मा य एको भरिताकृतिः ॥ ६२ ॥

yadaspandaṁ śivaṁ śāntaṁ yatspandaṁ trijagatsthitiḥ | spandāspandavilāsātmā ya ēkō bharitākṛtiḥ || 62 ||

Translation

Whose stillness is auspicious and at peace, whose stirring is the standing of the three worlds; who, the play of stirring and stillness, is one, his form full.

Word by word

yad
whose
aspandaṁ
stillness
śivaṁ
auspicious
śāntaṁ
at peace
yat
whose
spandaṁ
stirring
trijagat
of the three worlds
sthitiḥ
the standing
spanda
of stirring
aspanda
and stillness
vilāsa
the play
ātmā
who is
ya
who
ēkō
one
bharita
full
ākṛtiḥ
his form

Meaning

The commentary: his stillness is the supremely auspicious, peaceful nature; his stirring is the existence of the three worlds; his nature is the play of both; he is one, without a second, and wholly full. The two faces of one reality: at rest, peace; in motion, the world.