परमात्ममयी मान्या महानन्दैकसाधिनी । क्षणमेकं परित्याज्या न विचारचमत्कृतिः ॥ ४२ ॥
paramātmamayī mānyā mahānandaikasādhinī | kṣaṇamēkaṁ parityājyā na vicāracamatkṛtiḥ || 42 ||
Translation
The wonder of inquiry, full of the supreme Self, worthy of honour, the one means to great bliss, is not to be let go for a single moment.
Word by word
- paramātma
- of the supreme Self
- mayī
- full
- mānyā
- worthy of honour
- mahā
- great
- ānanda
- to bliss
- ēka
- the one
- sādhinī
- means
- kṣaṇam
- for a moment
- ēkaṁ
- single
- parityājyā
- to be let go
- na
- not
- vicāra
- of inquiry
- camatkṛtiḥ
- the wonder
Meaning
The commentary introduces this verse as naming the best of all inquiries, the inquiry whose content is the supreme Self. The other kinds listed at verse 1 lead to it. 'Not for a single moment' turns the praise into a practice: it is meant to run beneath everything, as another commentary says, a constant reflection on the Self.