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Yoga Vashishtha 3.81.94–106
(These verses use the example of a tiny seed holding a vast tree to explain how the entire Universe exists within the smallest atom of Pure Consciousness)
राजोवाच।
अन्तर्गतजगज्जालोऽप्येषोऽणुः साम्यमत्यजन्।
स्थितोऽन्तस्थबृहद्वृक्षं बीजं भाण्डोदरे यथा ॥ ९४॥
बीजेऽन्तर्वृक्षविस्तारः स्थितः सफलपल्लवः।
परया दृश्यते दृष्ट्या जगच्च चिदणूदरे ॥ ९५॥
स शाखाफलपुष्पं स्वमजहद्बीजकोटरे।
यथा तरुः स्थितस्तद्वद्विकासि चिदणोर्जगत् ॥ ९६॥
संस्थितं द्वैतमद्वैतं बीजकोश इव द्रुमः।
जगच्चित्परमाण्वन्तर्यः पश्यति स पश्यति ॥ ९७॥
न द्वैतं नैव चाद्वैतं न च बीजं न चाङ्कुरः।
न स्थूलं न च वा सूक्ष्मं नाजातं जातमेव च ॥ ९८॥
न चास्ति न च नास्तीदं न सौम्यं क्षुभितं न च।
त्रिजगच्चिदणोरन्तः खवाय्वपि न किंचन ॥ ९९॥
न जगन्नाजगच्चास्ति विद्यते चित्परा शुभा।
सर्वात्मिका यदा यत्र सा यथोदेति तत्तथा ॥ १००॥
उदेत्यनुदितोऽप्येष स्वयंवेदनजृम्भितः।
परमात्माणुरेकात्मा समग्रात्मतयैव खे ॥ १०१॥
द्रुमो भूमौ स्वबीजत्वमिवोदेत्यनुदेत्यपि।
परं तत्त्वं जगद्भक्त्या जगत्तां स्वोदयेन च ॥ १०२॥
द्रुमो बीजतयैवाशु न संत्यक्तसमस्थितिः।
तिष्ठत्यपगतस्पन्दस्त्यागात्यागपरोऽणुकः ॥ १०३॥
बिसतन्तुर्महामेरुः परमाणोरपेक्षया।
दृश्यं किल विशेत्तन्तुरदृश्याक्ष्णा पराणुता ॥ १०४॥
बिसतन्तुर्महामेरुः परमाणोः किलात्मनः।
तस्यैव तद्घनाः स्वान्तः स्थिता मेर्वादिकोटयः ॥ १०५॥
एकेन तेन महता परमाणुना च व्याप्तं ततं विरचितं जनितं कृतं च।
दृश्यं प्रपञ्चरचितं नभसेव विश्वं शून्यत्वमच्छमभितः परिलब्धमेव ॥ १०६॥
द्वैतेन सुन्दरतरं स्वमनुज्झितेन रूपं सुषुप्तसदृशेन यथावबोधात्।
ऐक्यं गतं स्थितिगमागममुक्तमेवमित्थं स्थितं तनु जगत्परमार्थपिण्डः ॥ १०७॥
The King continued:
3.81.94–99
> Even though this tiny atom contains the entire web of the World inside it, it does not lose its equality. It remains like a great tree hidden within a seed inside a pot.
> Inside the seed exists the full spread of the tree with fruits and leaves. In the same way, through supreme vision, the World is seen within the atom of Consciousness.
> The tree does not leave its branches, fruits, and flowers while staying in the core of the seed. Similarly, the World expands within the atom of Consciousness.
> Duality and non-duality are established like a tree in the Space of the seed. One who sees the world inside the atom of Consciousness truly sees.
> There is neither duality nor non-duality, neither seed nor sprout, neither gross nor subtle, neither unborn nor born.
> This World neither exists nor does not exist. It is neither calm nor agitated. The three worlds are inside the atom of Consciousness, yet there is nothing like Space or Air there.
3.81.100–107
> The world neither exists nor does not exist. There is only the Pure Supreme Consciousness. When and where the all-pervading Self arises, it appears accordingly.
> Though unarisen, it rises by its own Self-Awareness. The supreme atomic Self is One, the same as the entire Self, in the sky of Consciousness.
> Like a tree arising from its seed nature in the earth, though not truly arising, the Supreme Reality appears as the World through devotion and its own arising.
> The tree quickly remains in its seed State without abandoning its original position. It stays without movement, the tiny one beyond giving up or holding.
> Compared to the atom, a lotus fiber is like Mount Meru. The visible enters the fiber through invisible atomic vision.
> The lotus fiber is Mount Meru in relation to the atom of the Self. Within it, dense forms like Meru and other peaks stand inside its own Space.
> By that one great atom, everything is pervaded, spread, created, and made. The visible world is fashioned like the sky, empty and clear all around.
> Through beautiful duality that is not abandoned, the form is like deep sleep, understood as per knowledge. It has attained unity, free from coming and going, and thus stands as the subtle world, the Essence of Supreme Reality.
Summary of the Teachings:
The World appears expanded with all its details, yet it does not change the fundamental Nature of that Consciousness. Everything we see is like the potential of the tree already present in the seed – not separate, but contained within. This shows the illusory yet real appearance of Creation inside the indivisible Self.
The teachings stress that Ultimate Reality is beyond all opposites like duality and non-duality, Existence and non-existence, or gross and subtle. There is no real birth or movement; the three worlds are perceived within Consciousness but are empty of ordinary elements like Space or Air. Consciousness alone is the Pure, all-pervading Essence that manifests forms according to its own nature, without actually changing.
The Supreme Self is described as arising from its own Awareness, even though it never truly rises or falls. It is one with everything, like the tree and its seed being the same reality. The World appears through a kind of self-expression or devotion to that reality, but it remains rooted in stillness and non-movement at the core.
Comparisons like the lotus fiber and Mount Meru illustrate how what seems huge in the visible World is tiny from the perspective of the atomic Self. All peaks and forms exist densely packed within this Inner Space. The visible Universe is woven by this one great atom, filling everything like empty sky – clear, pervasive, and without real substance.
In the end, the World is understood as a beautiful form that seems dual but leads to Unity when known deeply, similar to the Peaceful State of deep sleep. It is free from coming and going, standing as the subtle Essence of Supreme Truth. The message is to see beyond appearances to the Unchanging Consciousness that holds all.
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