ततः स्तिमितगम्भीरं न तेजो न तमस्ततम् । अनाख्यमनभिव्यक्तं सत्किञ्चिदवशिष्यते ॥ ११ ॥
tataḥ stimitagambhīraṁ na tējō na tamastatam | anākhyamanabhivyaktaṁ satkiñcidavaśiṣyatē || 11 ||
Translation
Then there remains something that is: still, deep, neither light nor darkness, all-pervading, nameless, unmanifest.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- then
- stimita
- still
- gambhīraṁ
- deep
- na
- neither
- tējō
- (tejaḥ) light
- tamas
- (tamaḥ) darkness
- tatam
- all-pervading
- anākhyam
- nameless
- anabhivyaktaṁ
- unmanifest
- sat
- something that is
- kiñcid
- something
- avaśiṣyatē
- there remains
Meaning
The commentary explains each word. Still, because it has no form and so no action; deep, because it has no measure and no bottom; without name, because it has no qualities; unmanifest, because it is covered by ignorance, or because it holds the impressions of the world to come. It is not light, having no form, and not darkness, being itself the light. Only being remains. Each word takes something away; none adds a feature.