न कदाचिदुदेतीदं परस्मान्न च शाम्यति । इत्थं स्थितं केवलं सद् ब्रह्म स्वात्मनि संस्थितम् ॥ १३ ॥
na kadācidudētīdaṁ parasmānna ca śāmyati | itthaṁ sthitaṁ kēvalaṁ sad brahma svātmani saṁsthitam || 13 ||
Translation
This never rises from the Supreme, nor does it ever subside; so being alone, Brahman, stands established in itself.
Word by word
- na
- not
- kadācid
- (kadācit) ever
- udēti
- rises
- idaṁ
- this
- parasmāt
- from the Supreme
- ca
- and
- śāmyati
- subsides
- itthaṁ
- so
- sthitaṁ
- stands
- kēvalaṁ
- alone
- sad
- (sat) being
- brahma
- Brahman
- sva
- its own
- ātmani
- in self
- saṁsthitam
- established
Meaning
Another objection: let the world have being in Brahman; but its rising and its perishing contradict each other, so how can both belong to it at once? The commentary: rising and destruction have no being apart from the world they are said of, so there is no question of setting them aside separately. In truth the world never rises from the supreme Brahman, and never sets in it; being alone, sat, Brahman, stands in its own nature. Rising and setting are the world's own story about itself. Seen from Brahman, nothing has happened.