दिवि भूमौ तथाऽऽकाशे बहिरन्तश्च मे विभुः । यो विभात्यवभासात्मा तस्मै सर्वात्मने नमः ॥ १ ॥
divi bhūmau tathā’’kāśē bahirantaśca mē vibhuḥ | yō vibhātyavabhāsātmā tasmai sarvātmanē namaḥ || 1 ||
Translation
Salutation to that Self of all, the all-pervading, which shines as pure light in heaven, on earth and in the sky, outside me and within.
Word by word
- divi
- in heaven
- bhūmau
- on earth
- tathā
- and
- ākāśē
- in the sky
- bahiḥ
- outside
- antaḥ
- within
- ca
- and
- mē
- me
- vibhuḥ
- the all-pervading
- yaḥ
- which
- vibhāti
- shines
- avabhāsa
- pure light
- ātmā
- whose nature is
- tasmai
- to that
- sarva
- of all
- ātmanē
- (ātman) to the Self
- namaḥ
- salutation
Meaning
A second salutation opens the teaching proper, as a work is blessed at its beginning, middle and end. The commentary reads the places named in several ways: as the upper and lower halves of the cosmic egg and the space between, or as the states of waking, dream and deep sleep. In each the one consciousness (avabhāsa, "shining") appears in many forms while remaining itself.