यथा द्रवत्वं सलिलं स्पन्दनं पवनो यथा । यथा प्रकाश आभासो ब्रह्मैव त्रिजगत्तथा ॥ १९ ॥
yathā dravatvaṁ salilaṁ spandanaṁ pavanō yathā | yathā prakāśa ābhāsō brahmaiva trijagattathā || 19 ||
Translation
As fluidity is water, as movement is the wind, as shining is light, so the three worlds are Brahman itself.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- dravatvaṁ
- fluidity
- salilaṁ
- water
- spandanaṁ
- movement
- pavanō
- (pavanaḥ) the wind
- prakāśa
- (prakāśaḥ) light
- ābhāsō
- (ābhāsaḥ) shining
- brahma
- Brahman
- ēva
- itself
- trijagat
- the three worlds
- tathā
- so
Meaning
The commentary: as fluidity is water, there being no difference between liquidness and water; as movement is the wind, there being no difference between stirring and wind; and as shining is light, there being no difference between light and its shining; so these three worlds are Brahman itself, with no difference between the three worlds and Brahman. Another commentary: fluidity and the stirring of water, the wind, light and its shining are each one thing; so Brahman and the three worlds are one thing. In each pair the second is not a second thing: there is no water without fluidity and no fluidity apart from water.