योगशब्दव्युत्पत्तिःThe meaning of the word yoga
Verse 128
स्वमायारचितं विश्वमवितर्क्यं सुरैरपि । स्वयं विराजते तत्र ह्यप्रविष्टः प्रविष्टवत् ॥ १२८ ॥
svamāyāracitaṁ viśvamavitarkyaṁ surairapi | svayaṁ virājatē tatra hyapraviṣṭaḥ praviṣṭavat || 128 ||
Translation
The universe is made by his own māyā, past the reasoning even of the gods. He himself shines in it, not having entered, as if he had entered.
Word by word
- sva
- his own
- māyā
- by māyā
- racitaṁ
- made
- viśvam
- the universe
- avitarkyaṁ
- past reasoning
- surair
- (suraiḥ) by the gods
- api
- even
- svayaṁ
- himself
- virājatē
- shines
- tatra
- there
- hi
- indeed
- apraviṣṭaḥ
- not having entered
- praviṣṭa
- having entered
- vat
- as if
Meaning
The commentary raises an objection: the Ātman does have a bond, the body, so how can it be called ever free? The answer starts here. "Avitarkya" it glosses as what cannot be reasoned out. The world comes from his own power, and his being "in" it is only an appearance.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But the Ātman does have a bond, in the form of the body; how then is it said "this Ātman is ever free" and the rest? To that he says "svamāyā" and the rest. Avitarkyam: that which cannot be reasoned out (verses 128 and 129).