योगशब्दव्युत्पत्तिःThe meaning of the word yoga
Verse 139
ज्ञानमात्मैव चिद्रूपो ज्ञेयमात्मैव चिन्मयः । विज्ञाता स्वयमेवात्मा यो जानाति स आत्मवित् ॥ १३९ ॥
jñānamātmaiva cidrūpō jñēyamātmaiva cinmayaḥ | vijñātā svayamēvātmā yō jānāti sa ātmavit || 139 ||
Translation
Knowledge is the Ātman, whose form is consciousness; the known is the Ātman, made of consciousness; the knower is the Ātman itself. Who knows this knows the Ātman.
Word by word
- jñānam
- knowledge
- ātmā
- the Ātman
- ēva
- (eva) indeed
- cid
- (cit) consciousness
- rūpō
- (rūpaḥ) whose form
- jñēyam
- the known
- cin
- (cit) consciousness
- mayaḥ
- made of
- vijñātā
- the knower
- svayam
- itself
- yō
- (yaḥ) who
- jānāti
- knows
- sa
- he
- ātmavit
- knows the Ātman
Meaning
The last verse said the three collapse; this one says into what. Each member of the triad is taken up in turn and named.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 133.