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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.9.73

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 9 · Verse 73

Verse 73

यतः कालस्य कलना यतो दृश्यस्य दृश्यता । मानसी कलना येन यस्य भासा विभासनम् ॥ ७३ ॥

yataḥ kālasya kalanā yatō dṛśyasya dṛśyatā | mānasī kalanā yēna yasya bhāsā vibhāsanam || 73 ||

Translation

From whom comes the reckoning of time, from whom the seen-ness of the seen; by whom the reckoning of the mind; by whose light the shining of all.

Word by word

yataḥ
from whom
kālasya
of time
kalanā
the reckoning
yatō
from whom
dṛśyasya
of the seen
dṛśyatā
the seen-ness
mānasī
of the mind
yēna
by whom
yasya
whose
bhāsā
by light
vibhāsanam
the shining of all

Meaning

The commentary: from him come the six changes of time (birth, existence, growth, change, decay, death), the visibility of what is seen, and the many wishes of the mind, to gain the wanted and avoid the unwanted. These three are nothing other than the shining of the world by his radiance.