साब्रवीत्—अहं ब्रह्मस्वरूपिणी। मत्तः प्रकृतिपुरुषात्मकं जगत्। शून्यं चाशून्यं च ॥ २ ॥
sābravīt—ahaṁ brahmasvarūpiṇī | mattaḥ prakṛtipuruṣātmakaṁ jagat | śūnyaṁ cāśūnyaṁ ca || 2 ||
Translation
She said: “I am of the nature of Brahman. From me comes the world, made of Prakṛti and Puruṣa, the void and the not-void.”
Word by word
- sā abravīt
- she said
- aham
- I
- brahmasvarūpiṇī
- of the nature of Brahman
- mattaḥ
- from me
- prakṛtipuruṣātmakam
- consisting of Prakṛti and Puruṣa
- jagat
- the world
- śūnyam
- the void
- ca aśūnyam ca
- and the not-void
Meaning
Her first answer is the whole teaching in brief. She is Brahman, the one reality, and the world in all its pairs, nature and spirit, emptiness and fullness, arises from her.