चितेर्जीवस्वभावाया यदचेत्योन्मुखं वपुः । चिन्मात्रं विमलं शान्तं तद्रूपं परमात्मनः ॥ ४१ ॥
citērjīvasvabhāvāyā yadacētyōnmukhaṁ vapuḥ | cinmātraṁ vimalaṁ śāntaṁ tadrūpaṁ paramātmanaḥ || 41 ||
Translation
The body of awareness, whose nature is to become the jīva, when it is turned toward no object: pure awareness, stainless, at peace: that is the form of the Supreme Self.
Word by word
- citēr
- (citeḥ) of awareness
- jīva
- the jīva
- svabhāvāyā
- whose nature is to become
- yad
- (yat) which
- acētya
- toward no object
- unmukhaṁ
- turned
- vapuḥ
- the body
- cinmātraṁ
- pure awareness
- vimalaṁ
- stainless
- śāntaṁ
- at peace
- tad
- that
- rūpaṁ
- the form
- parama
- of the Supreme
- ātmanaḥ
- Self
Meaning
The third pointer, from the moment before emerging from samādhi. The commentary: awareness, which is about to become the jīva again, but is not yet turned toward the knowable (acetyonmukha: inclined toward pure awareness itself), is pure awareness, stainless and changeless, and that is the form of the Supreme Self. Another commentary adds a note: what flashes in the middle of samādhi is also the Self's form, but it is too fine to be shown to one still practising. The reader knows a small likeness of this moment: the instant of waking before the world and one's own name have come back.