ज्ञेयं भवति तद्ब्रह्म सच्चिद्विश्वमयं परम् । तथा तत्त्वस्वरूपेण लक्षणैर्वा महेश्वरि ॥ ६ ॥
jñēyaṁ bhavati tadbrahma saccidviśvamayaṁ param | tathā tattvasvarūpēṇa lakṣaṇairvā mahēśvari || 6 ||
Translation
That Brahman, supreme, being and consciousness, the whole universe made of it, is to be known, O Maheśvarī, either by its own nature or by its marks.
Word by word
- jñēyaṁ
- to be known
- bhavati
- is
- tadbrahma
- that Brahman
- saccidviśvamayaṁ
- being, consciousness, of which the universe is made
- param
- supreme
- tathā
- so
- tattvasvarūpēṇa
- by its own true nature
- lakṣaṇairvā
- or by its marks
- mahēśvari
- O Maheśvarī
Meaning
The commentary sets out the two ways of knowing Brahman: by its essential nature (svarūpa-lakṣaṇa), and by the marks that point to it (taṭastha-lakṣaṇa), which the next verses give in turn.