अहमानन्दानानन्दौ। अहं विज्ञानाविज्ञाने। अहं ब्रह्माब्रह्मणी वेदितव्ये। अहं पञ्चभूतान्यपञ्चभूतानि। अहमखिलं जगत् ॥ ३ ॥
ahamānandānānandau | ahaṁ vijñānāvijñānē | ahaṁ brahmābrahmaṇī vēditavyē | ahaṁ pañcabhūtānyapañcabhūtāni | ahamakhilaṁ jagat || 3 ||
Translation
I am bliss and non-bliss. I am knowledge and its absence. I am Brahman and non-Brahman, both to be known. I am the five elements and what is beyond the five elements. I am the whole world.
Word by word
- aham
- I
- ānandānānandau
- bliss and non-bliss
- vijñānāvijñānē
- knowledge and non-knowledge
- brahmābrahmaṇī
- Brahman and non-Brahman
- vēditavyē
- both to be known
- pañcabhūtāni
- the five elements
- apañcabhūtāni
- what is not the five elements
- akhilam
- the whole
- jagat
- world
Meaning
Each statement joins a thing and its opposite. Nothing can be set against the Goddess, because every opposite is also she.