योगशब्दव्युत्पत्तिःThe meaning of the word yoga
Verse 129
बहिरन्तर्यथाऽऽकाशं सर्वेषामेव वस्तुनाम् । तथैव भाति सद्रूपो ह्यात्मा साक्षी स्वरूपतः ॥ १२९ ॥
bahirantaryathā’’kāśaṁ sarvēṣāmēva vastunām | tathaiva bhāti sadrūpō hyātmā sākṣī svarūpataḥ || 129 ||
Translation
As space is outside and inside all things, so the Ātman, whose form is being, the witness, shines by its own nature.
Word by word
- bahir
- (bahiḥ) outside
- antar
- (antaḥ) inside
- yathā
- as
- ākāśaṁ
- (ākāśam) space
- sarvēṣām
- of all
- ēva
- indeed
- vastunām
- things
- tathā
- so
- bhāti
- shines
- sad
- (sat) being
- rūpō
- (rūpaḥ) whose form
- hya
- (hi) indeed
- ātmā
- (ātmā) the Ātman
- sākṣī
- the witness
- svarūpataḥ
- by its own nature
Meaning
Space is the classic image for what pervades everything and is touched by nothing. A jar holds it and does not hold it, as verse 134 will say.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 128.