श्रीसदाशिव उवाच । अतिगुह्यं परं तत्त्वं शृणु मत्प्राणवल्लभे । रहस्यमेतत् कल्याणि न कुत्रापि प्रकाशितम् । तव स्नेहेन वक्ष्यामि मम प्राणाधिकं परम् ॥ ५ ॥
śrīsadāśiva uvāca | atiguhyaṁ paraṁ tattvaṁ śṛṇu matprāṇavallabhē | rahasyamētat kalyāṇi na kutrāpi prakāśitam | tava snēhēna vakṣyāmi mama prāṇādhikaṁ param || 5 ||
Translation
Śrī Sadāśiva said: Hear the supreme truth, most secret, beloved of my life. This mystery, O auspicious one, has been revealed nowhere; out of love for you I will tell it, dearer to me than life, the highest.
Word by word
- śrīsadāśiva
- Śrī Sadāśiva
- uvāca
- said
- atiguhyaṁ
- most secret
- paraṁ
- supreme
- tattvaṁ
- truth, reality
- śṛṇu
- hear
- matprāṇavallabhē
- O beloved of my life
- rahasyamētat
- this mystery
- kalyāṇi
- O auspicious one
- na
- not
- kutrāpi
- anywhere
- prakāśitam
- revealed
- tava
- your
- snēhēna
- out of love
- vakṣyāmi
- I will tell
- mama
- to me
- prāṇādhikaṁ
- dearer than life
Meaning
The commentary glosses the "supreme truth" as the Supreme Brahman, and "most secret" as a great mystery.