Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.10.47

Translation

The knowing, without beginning or end, of knowing, of light, of the seen and of darkness: that is the form of the Supreme Self.

Word by word

vēdanasya

of knowing

prakāśasya

of light

dṛśyasya

of the seen

tamasas

(tamasaḥ) of darkness

tathā

and

vēdanaṁ

the knowing

yad

(yat) which

anādi

without beginning

antaṁ

or end

tad

that

rūpaṁ

the form

parama

of the Supreme

ātmanaḥ

Self

Meaning

The eighth pointer. The commentary: the knowing that is the witness of the movements of the intellect, of the flashing forth of things, of objects, and of ignorance, free of beginning and end, is the form of the Supreme Self. Every one of those four comes and goes: thoughts, appearances, objects, even the blankness of not knowing. What knows them all, and is there when each is there and when each has gone, has no beginning or end of its own.