मनः सम्पद्यते तेन महतः परमात्मनः । सुस्थिरादस्थिराकारस्तरङ्ग इव वारिधेः ॥ १५ ॥
manaḥ sampadyatē tēna mahataḥ paramātmanaḥ | susthirādasthirākārastaraṅga iva vāridhēḥ || 15 ||
Translation
So from the great supreme Self, which is wholly steady, mind comes to be, unsteady in form, like a wave from the ocean.
Word by word
- manaḥ
- mind
- sampadyatē
- comes to be
- tēna
- so
- mahataḥ
- great
- paramātmanaḥ
- from the supreme Self
- susthirād
- wholly steady
- asthira
- unsteady
- ākāras
- (ākāraḥ) in form
- taraṅga
- a wave
- iva
- like
- vāridhēḥ
- from the ocean
Meaning
The commentary: as the still ocean takes on the state of moving waves, so that great Self, having become mind, forgets its greatness and takes the mind's thinking and doubting to be its own. The wave and the ocean are one water; only the steadiness differs. Mind is the Self in motion, mistaking its motion for its nature.