योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-167, verse-7
नानाविधारम्भमपि महाशून्यमनङ्कितम् ।
पञ्चभूतात्मकमपि खमिवालब्धपञ्चकम् ॥ ७ ॥
पञ्चभूतात्मकमपि खमिवालब्धपञ्चकम् ॥ ७ ॥
nānāvidhārambhamapi mahāśūnyamanaṅkitam ,
pañcabhūtātmakamapi khamivālabdhapañcakam 7
pañcabhūtātmakamapi khamivālabdhapañcakam 7
7.
Though all things appear to be acting in their various ways, yet they are as motionless as the unmoving vacuum; and though the world appears to be formed of the five elements, yet it is but a void and devoid of its quintessence.