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Yoga Vashishtha 3.81.58–70
(These verses explain the illusory nature of the World as a manifestation of Consciousness)
राजोवाच।
सर्वं समसमाभासमिदमा काशकोशकम्।
जगत्तयोपशब्दं च विद्ध्यनाद्यं निशाचरि ॥ ५८॥
चिदणुर्दृश्यसिद्ध्यर्थमान्तरीं चिच्चमत्कृतिम्।
बहीरूपतया धत्ते स्वात्मनि परिसंस्थिताम् ॥ ५९॥
एतद्बहिष्ठमन्तस्थमस्ति शब्दे न वस्तुनि।
उपदेशाय सत्त्वानां चिद्रूपत्वाज्जगत्त्रये ॥ ६०॥
द्रष्टाऽदृष्टपदं गच्छन्नात्मानं संप्रपश्यति।
नेत्रदृश्याभिपातीव सदेवासदिव स्थितम् ॥ ६१॥
न च गच्छति दृश्यत्वं द्रष्टाह्यसदवास्तवम्।
आत्मन्येव न यत्किंचित्तत्तामेति कथं परः ॥ ६२॥
दृगेव लोचने सा च वासनान्तं निजं वपुः।
बहीरूपतया दृश्यं कृत्वा द्रष्टृतयोदिता ॥ ६३॥
न विना द्रष्टतामस्ति दृश्यसत्ता कथंचन।
पितृतेव विना पुत्रं द्वितेवैक्यपदं विना ॥ ६४॥
द्रष्टैव दृश्यतामेति न द्रष्टृत्वं विनास्ति तत्।
विना पित्रेव तनयो विना भोक्त्रेव भोग्यता ॥ ६५॥
द्रष्टुर्दृश्यविनिर्माणे चित्त्वादस्त्वेव शक्तता।
कनकस्यावदातस्य कटकादिकृताविव ॥ ६६॥
दृश्यस्य द्रष्ट्टृनिर्माणे जडत्वान्नास्ति शक्तता।
कटकस्य तु हैमस्य यथा कनकनिर्मितौ ॥ ६७॥
चेतनादृश्यनिर्माणं चित्करोत्यसदेव सत्।
अकारणं मोहहेतुं हेमेव कटकभ्रमम् ॥ ६८॥
कटकत्वावभासे हि यथा हेम्नो न हेमता।
सत्येव प्रकचत्येवं द्रष्ट्टदृश्यस्थितौ वपुः ॥ ६९॥
द्रष्टा दृश्यतया तिष्ठन्द्रष्ट्टतामुपजीवति।
सत्यां कटकसंवित्तौ हेम काञ्चनतामिव ॥ ७०॥
The King continued:
3.81.58–62
> Know that this entire World, appearing uniformly like the sky, is an illusory sheath of Space. It is called the three Worlds but is beginningless, O night-rover.
> The subtle Consciousness, for the sake of manifesting the visible, assumes an external form and holds within itself the wonderful play of Consciousness that is established in its own Self.
> This (World) exists outwardly and inwardly in name only, not in Reality. It is taught for the sake of instructing Beings, due to the Nature of Consciousness in the three Worlds.
> The Seer, going to the State of the unseen, sees his own Self. Like the eye falling on visible objects, it appears as if Real and unreal at the same time.
> The visible does not make the Seer go anywhere, for the Seer is truly non-existent in Essence. In the Self alone there is nothing whatsoever; how then can anything else exist?
3.81.63–70
> The seeing itself is in the eye, and that is its own form up to the level of subtle impressions. By making it appear externally as the seen, the triad of Seer, seeing, and seen arises.
> Without the Seer, the existence of the seen is impossible in any way. Just as there is no son without a father, and no second without the state of Oneness.
> The Seer alone becomes the seen; that (seen) does not exist without the State of Being the Seer. Like a son without a father, or enjoyability without an enjoyer.
> In creating the seen, the Seer has the power because of its Conscious Nature, just as pure gold has the power to become bracelets and such.
> In creating the Seer, the seen has no power because of its inert nature, just as a bracelet made of gold has no power to create gold.
> Consciousness creates the seen from the Conscious, turning the unreal into the Real, without cause, as the cause of delusion—like gold appearing as the illusion of a bracelet.
> Just as in the appearance of bracelet-ness, there is no gold-ness lost in the gold, so too in the State of Seer and seen, the Real body shines forth truly.
> The Seer, existing as the seen, sustains the State of Seer-ship, just as in the awareness of a bracelet, gold sustains its golden nature.
Summary of the Teachings:
The Universe appears as a uniform Space-like illusion without a true beginning. It is not a solid Reality but a play of the mind or Consciousness that projects itself outwardly while remaining rooted in the self. This teaching helps beings understand their true nature beyond the apparent multiplicity of the three worlds.
The relationship between the Seer (observer) and the seen (objects) is interdependent yet ultimately rooted in One Consciousness. The Seer does not truly move or change; the apparent World is like an eye perceiving objects, seeming both Real and unreal. Nothing exists apart from the Self, and the visible cannot affect the essential nature of the Seer, which is beyond Existence in a limited sense.
The triad of Seer, seeing, and seen emerges from Consciousness turning its own subtle form into an external appearance. Without the Seer, the seen cannot exist, similar to how a son needs a father or duality needs Unity. The Seer alone transforms into the seen, highlighting that all appearances depend on the Conscious Principle.
Consciousness has the inherent power to create the visible World due to its sentient quality, much like gold can be shaped into ornaments. However, the inert seen World lacks the power to create or sustain the Seer. This one-way creative capacity shows that the World is a projection of mind, not an independent Reality.
Finally, the Seer sustains its Nature even while appearing as the seen, just as gold remains gold in the form of a bracelet. The teachings point to non-dual Awareness where the Real Essence shines through all apparent divisions, dissolving delusion caused by ignorance and revealing the Self as the Unchanging ground of all experience.
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