निर्विकारो निराधारो निर्विशेषो निराकुलः । गुणातीतः सर्वसाक्षी सर्वात्मा सर्वदृग्विभुः ॥ ३५ ॥
nirvikārō nirādhārō nirviśēṣō nirākulaḥ | guṇātītaḥ sarvasākṣī sarvātmā sarvadṛgvibhuḥ || 35 ||
Translation
Changeless, without support, without distinctions, untroubled, beyond the guṇas, witness of all, the Self of all, the seer of all, all-pervading,
Word by word
- nirvikārō
- changeless
- nirādhārō
- without support
- nirviśēṣō
- without internal distinctions
- nirākulaḥ
- untroubled
- guṇātītaḥ
- beyond the guṇas
- sarvasākṣī
- witness of all
- sarvātmā
- the Self of all
- sarvadṛgvibhuḥ
- the seer of all, all-pervading
Meaning
Each term is defined: changeless, free of the alterations of prakṛti; beyond the guṇas, beyond heat and cold, pleasure and pain, or beyond sattva and the others; the witness, who sees directly every good and bad act.