ततो विदितवेद्यं मां निजां प्रकृतिमास्थितम् । स उवाच जगत्कर्ता वक्ता सकलकारणम् ॥ ३७ ॥
tatō viditavēdyaṁ māṁ nijāṁ prakṛtimāsthitam | sa uvāca jagatkartā vaktā sakalakāraṇam || 37 ||
Translation
Then, when I had known what is to be known and stood in my own nature, the maker of the world, the teacher, told me the reason for it all.
Word by word
- tatō
- (tataḥ) then
- vidita
- known
- vēdyaṁ
- what is to be known
- māṁ
- to me
- nijāṁ
- in my own
- prakṛtim
- nature
- āsthitam
- who stood
- sa
- he
- uvāca
- told
- jagat
- of the world
- kartā
- the maker
- vaktā
- the teacher
- sakala
- for it all
- kāraṇam
- the reason
Meaning
Vidita-vedyam: one by whom what can be known has been known. It is a standing phrase for a person whose inquiry is over. And nijāṁ prakṛtim āsthitam: he stands again in his own nature, and it is the same one he forgot at verse 30. So he has acquired nothing new. Only now does Brahmā explain. It is a good order: knowledge first, explanation of the suffering after. Much of what we demand to have explained before we will take a step can be understood only afterwards, looking back from further on.