योगशब्दव्युत्पत्तिःThe meaning of the word yoga
Verse 132
यथा शरावतोयस्थं रविं पश्यत्यनेकधा । तथैव मायया देहे बहुधाऽऽत्मानमीक्षते ॥ १३२ ॥
yathā śarāvatōyasthaṁ raviṁ paśyatyanēkadhā | tathaiva māyayā dēhē bahudhā’’tmānamīkṣatē || 132 ||
Translation
As one sees the sun in many forms in the water in saucers, so by māyā one sees the Ātman as many in bodies.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- śarāva
- in saucers
- tōya
- in the water
- sthaṁ
- standing
- raviṁ
- the sun
- paśyati
- one sees
- anēkadhā
- (anekadhā) in many forms
- tathā
- so
- ēva
- (eva) indeed
- māyayā
- by māyā
- dēhē
- in the body
- bahudhā
- as many
- ātmānam
- (ātmānam) the Ātman
- īkṣatē
- one sees
Meaning
The objection this answers, says the commentary, is that the Ātman in this body and that one is perceived as many, so how can it be ever of one form? The sun is one; the saucers are many. The multiplicity belongs to the containers.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But the Ātman abiding in this body and that is perceived as many in form; how then is it said to be "ever of one form"? To that he says "yathā" and the rest.