दृष्ट्वैव दृश्यताभासं स्वरूपं धारयन्स्थितः । स्वं यथा यत्र यद्रूपं प्रतिभाति तथैव तत् ॥ ३० ॥
dṛṣṭvaiva dṛśyatābhāsaṁ svarūpaṁ dhārayansthitaḥ | svaṁ yathā yatra yadrūpaṁ pratibhāti tathaiva tat || 30 ||
Translation
Having seen the semblance of being seen, it stands holding that as its own form; as its own form appears, where and in whatever shape, just so it is.
Word by word
- dṛṣṭvā
- having seen
- ēva
- indeed
- dṛśyatā
- of being seen
- ābhāsaṁ
- the semblance
- svarūpaṁ
- as its own form
- dhārayan
- holding
- sthitaḥ
- it stands
- svaṁ
- its own
- yathā
- as
- yatra
- where
- yad
- in whatever
- rūpaṁ
- shape
- pratibhāti
- appears
- tathā
- just so
- tat
- it is
Meaning
The commentary: the Self of all, as inquiry, sees the semblance of the seen, the body and the rest, and, out of ignorance, taking it to be "my own form", stands as a jīva. Wherever, however and in whatever shape it appears to itself, so it becomes. Another commentary adds: though it is the Self of all. The jīva is not something made; it is the Self taking a picture of itself for itself.