Vedantasara - Verse 54

Sanskrit

विक्षेपशक्तिस्तु यथा रज्ज्वज्ञानं स्वावृत रज्जौ स्वशक्त्या सर्पादिकमुद्भावयत्येवमज्ञानमपि स्वावृतात्मनि स्वशक्त्याऽऽकाशादिप्रपञ्चमुद्भावयति तादृशं सामर्थ्यम् । तदुक्तम् - “विक्षेपशक्तिर्लिङ्गादि ब्रह्माण्डान्तं जगत् सृजेत्” इति । (वाक्यसुधा १३)

Swami Nikhilananda's Translation

Just as ignorance regarding a rope, by its inherent power, gives rise to the illusion of a snake etc., in the rope covered by it, so also ignorance, by its own power creates in the Self covered by it, such phenomena as Akasa etc., Such a power is called the power of projection. It is thus said: “The power of projection creates all from the subtle bodies to the cosmos” (Vakyasudha 13).

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