अचेत्यचित्स्वरूपात्मा यत्र यत्रैव तिष्ठति । द्रष्टा तत्राऽस्य दृश्यश्रीः समुदेत्यप्यणूदरे ॥ २७ ॥
acētyacitsvarūpātmā yatra yatraiva tiṣṭhati | draṣṭā tatrā’sya dṛśyaśrīḥ samudētyapyaṇūdarē || 27 ||
Translation
Wherever the seer stands, whose nature is awareness not known as an object, there the splendour of the seen rises for him, even inside an atom.
Word by word
- acētya
- not known as an object
- cit
- awareness
- svarūpa
- whose nature
- ātmā
- is
- yatra
- where
- ēva
- ever
- tiṣṭhati
- stands
- draṣṭā
- the seer
- tatra
- there
- asya
- for him
- dṛśya
- of the seen
- śrīḥ
- the splendour
- samudēti
- rises
- api
- even
- aṇu
- an atom
- udarē
- inside
Meaning
The commentary answers one who says: by austerity and meditation the seer will go into a place too small for anything seen, like the inside of an atom, and be free of it there. The Self is not known by austerity. Whoever has not known his own nature carries the seed of the seen with him, and wherever he stays, even in an atom, the seen appears, since in error the small can hold the vast without contradiction. One cannot hide from the world by shrinking, because the world travels inside the one who has not known himself.