अहं सुवे पितरमस्य मूर्धन्मम योनिरप्स्वन्तः समुद्रे। ततो वि तिष्ठे भुवनानु विश्वोतामूं द्यां वर्ष्मणोप स्पृशामि ॥ ७ ॥
ahaṁ suvē pitaramasya mūrdhanmama yōnirapsvantaḥ samudrē | tatō vi tiṣṭhē bhuvanānu viśvōtāmūṁ dyāṁ varṣmaṇōpa spṛśāmi || 7 ||
Translation
I bring forth the father on the summit of this world; my birthplace is in the waters, within the ocean. From there I spread out over all the worlds, and touch yonder heaven with my height.
Word by word
- aham suvē
- I bring forth
- pitaram
- the father (the sky)
- asya mūrdhan
- on the summit of this (world)
- mama yōniḥ
- my birthplace
- apsu antaḥ samudrē
- in the waters, within the ocean
- tataḥ
- from there
- vi tiṣṭhē
- I spread out
- bhuvanā anu viśvā
- over all the worlds
- uta amūm dyām
- and yonder heaven
- varṣmaṇā
- with my height
- upa spṛśāmi
- I touch
Meaning
The book reads the father as the sky, which she brings forth over the Self that is the ground of all, and the ocean as the Self from which all beings arise, the waters as the spreading movements of the mind. Born there, she pervades every world and reaches past the highest heaven.