मया सो अन्नमत्ति यो विपश्यति यः प्राणिति य ईं शृणोत्युक्तम्। अमन्तवो मां त उप क्षियन्ति श्रुधि श्रुत श्रद्धिवं ते वदामि ॥ ४ ॥
mayā sō annamatti yō vipaśyati yaḥ prāṇiti ya īṁ śṛṇōtyuktam | amantavō māṁ ta upa kṣiyanti śrudhi śruta śraddhivaṁ tē vadāmi || 4 ||
Translation
Through me he eats his food, whoever sees, whoever breathes, whoever hears what is spoken. Not knowing me, they dwell in me. Hear, you who are famed for learning: I tell you what is worthy of faith.
Word by word
- mayā
- through me
- saḥ annam atti
- he eats his food
- yaḥ vipaśyati
- whoever sees
- yaḥ prāṇiti
- whoever breathes
- yaḥ īm śṛṇōti uktam
- whoever hears what is spoken
- amantavaḥ
- not knowing
- mām tē upa kṣiyanti
- they dwell in me
- śrudhi
- hear
- śruta
- O you who are famed (for learning)
- śraddhivam
- worthy of faith
- tē vadāmi
- I tell you
Meaning
Every act of a living being, eating, seeing, breathing, hearing, is done by her power, as the book says: she is the enjoyer within. Those who do not know her still live in her and depend on her, and the book adds that this not knowing is the cause of their misery. So she turns to the listener and offers what can only be received by faith.