Metre: Pāda 1: Vaṃśastha; pāda 2: Indravajrā; pāda 3: Upendravajrā; final section of 16 syllables: metre not determined
He (saḥ | nom sg m) has pervaded [all] (paryagāt | 3p sg act aor) [and is] luminous (śukram | nom sg n), bodiless (akāyam | nom sg n), unwounded (avraṇam | nom sg n), sinewless (asnāviraṃ | nom sg n), pure (śuddham | nom sg n ppp), [and] untouched by evil (apāpa-viddham | nom sg n ppp); [he is] a seer (kaviḥ | nom sg), a wise one (manīṣī | nom sg), an all-embracing one (paribhūḥ | nom sg), a self-existent one (svayambhūḥ | nom sg); according to reality (yāthātathyataḥ) [he] ordered (vyadadhāt | 3p sg act pret) the things (arthān | acc pl) for eternal times (śāśvatībhyaḥ samābhyaḥ | dat pl).
This reality is luminous, bodiless, unharmed, stainless, and untouched by evil. It is all-seeing, wise, all-embracing, and self-existent; according to reality, it orders things for all time.
Śaṅkara gathers here the qualities of the Self: all-pervading, luminous, bodiless, without gross, subtle, or causal body, pure, and untouched by dharma/adharma (wholesome order and unwholesome fault). As kavi (seer), manīṣī (wise one), paribhū (all-embracing one), and svayambhū (self-existent one), it orders actions and their fruits.
yāthātathyato 'rthān LV1958 ] yāthātathyator 'thān GRETIL2018
He has environed. The bright, the bodiless, the scatheless,
The sinewless, the pure (śuddha), unpierced by evil (a-pāpa-viddha)!
Wise (kavi), intelligent (manīṣin), encompassing (paribhū), self-existent (svayambhū),
Appropriately he distributed objects (artha) through the eternal years.
The sinewless, the pure (śuddha), unpierced by evil (a-pāpa-viddha)!
Wise (kavi), intelligent (manīṣin), encompassing (paribhū), self-existent (svayambhū),
Appropriately he distributed objects (artha) through the eternal years.
Er streckt sich ringshin, körperlos und sehnenlos,
Rein, lauter, unverwundbar, frei vom Übel.
Vorschauend, durch sich selbst nur, allumfassend,
Hat jedem nach der Art die Zwecke, er für ew'ge Zeiten vorgezeichnet.
Rein, lauter, unverwundbar, frei vom Übel.
Vorschauend, durch sich selbst nur, allumfassend,
Hat jedem nach der Art die Zwecke, er für ew'ge Zeiten vorgezeichnet.
He (the Self) <3> encircled all, bright, incorporeal, scatheless, without muscles, pure, untouched by evil; a seer, wise, omnipresent, self-existent, he disposed all things rightly for eternal years.
<3: Saṅkara takes the subject to be the Self, and explains the neuter adjectives as masculines. Mahîdhara takes the subject to be the man who has acquired a knowledge of the Self, and who reaches the bright, incorporeal Brahman, &c. Mahîdhara, however, likewise allows the former explanation.>
<3: Saṅkara takes the subject to be the Self, and explains the neuter adjectives as masculines. Mahîdhara takes the subject to be the man who has acquired a knowledge of the Self, and who reaches the bright, incorporeal Brahman, &c. Mahîdhara, however, likewise allows the former explanation.>
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