योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-8, verse-17
भूतशारपरावर्ते द्यूतेऽक्षाः शशिभानवः ।
व्योमाजिरे जगद्भासपणे गृहनिवासिनाम् ॥ १७ ॥
व्योमाजिरे जगद्भासपणे गृहनिवासिनाम् ॥ १७ ॥
bhūtaśāraparāvarte dyūte'kṣāḥ śaśibhānavaḥ ,
vyomājire jagadbhāsapaṇe gṛhanivāsinām 17
vyomājire jagadbhāsapaṇe gṛhanivāsinām 17
17.
Here all living creatures and the sun and moon, are moving about as the dice and king and queen on the chessboard; and the appearance and disappearance of the world in the arena of vacuum, are as the gain or loss in the chess play of the gods.