Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.34
अनिलोऽपि विकुर्वाणो नभसोरुबलान्वित: ।
ससर्ज रूपतन्मात्रं ज्योतिर्लोकस्य लोचनम् ॥ ३४ ॥
anilo ’pi vikurvāṇo
[anilo ’pi vikurvaano]
nabhasoru-balānvitaḥ
[nabhasoru-balaanvitah]
sasarja rūpa-tanmātraṁ
[sasarja roopa-tanmaatram]
jyotir lokasya locanam
[jyotir lokasya lochanam]
Word-for-word
anilaḥ
—
air
api
—
also
vikurvāṇaḥ
—
being transformed
nabhasā
—
sky
uru-bala-anvitaḥ
—
extremely powerful
sasarja
—
created
rūpa
—
form
tat-mātram
—
sense perception
jyotiḥ
—
electricity
lokasya
—
of the world
locanam
—
light to see.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
anilo ’pi vikurvāṇo
anilaḥ
air
api
also
vikurvāṇaḥ
being transformed
nabhasoru-balānvitaḥ
nabhasā
sky
uru-bala-anvitaḥ
extremely powerful
sasarja rūpa-tanmātraṁ
sasarja
created
rūpa
form
tat-mātram
sense perception
jyotir lokasya locanam
jyotiḥ
electricity
lokasya
of the world
locanam
light to see.
Thereafter the extremely powerful air, interacting with the sky, generated the form of sense perception, and the perception of form transformed into electricity, the light to see the world.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Air, getting great strength from ether, transformed itself and became the tan-mātra of form. From form arose light, which illuminates the eyes of people.
Air, getting great strength with ether, became form. From form light arose, which reveals the eyes of people.
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Personal Guidance
The cosmic elements unfold sequentially — sky generates air, and air interacting with sky produces the form-perception we call light. Behind every layer of perception lies the Lord's arrangement, not random chance. Sight itself is a gift made possible by transformations of the same source energy.
Reflection Questions
- When I look at the world, do I see only objects, or do I sense the layered arrangement that makes seeing possible?
- How might gratitude for the simple capacity to perceive light reshape my day?
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