योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-41, verse-18
सुरत्नजठराकारं घनमप्यम्बरोपमम् ।
प्रतिबिम्बमिव क्षुब्धमप्यक्षुब्धमसच्च सत् ॥ १८ ॥
प्रतिबिम्बमिव क्षुब्धमप्यक्षुब्धमसच्च सत् ॥ १८ ॥
suratnajaṭharākāraṃ ghanamapyambaropamam ,
pratibimbamiva kṣubdhamapyakṣubdhamasacca sat 18
pratibimbamiva kṣubdhamapyakṣubdhamasacca sat 18
18.
The universe seems as womb of a luminous gem, and though it is thickly peopled everywhere, yet it is as void as empty air; it is a nil and ens at the same time, and as something and nothing of itself.