स एषोऽस्त्येक एवाऽऽत्मा न द्वितीयाऽस्ति कल्पना । जगदत्र यथोत्पन्नं तत्ते वक्ष्यामि राघव ॥ ३२ ॥
sa ēṣō’styēka ēvā’’tmā na dvitīyā’sti kalpanā | jagadatra yathōtpannaṁ tattē vakṣyāmi rāghava || 32 ||
Translation
This one Self alone is; no second idea exists. How the world arose here, I shall tell you, Rāghava.
Word by word
- sa
- (saḥ) that
- ēṣō
- (eṣaḥ) this
- asti
- is
- ēka
- one
- ēva
- alone
- ātmā
- Self
- na
- not
- dvitīyā
- second
- kalpanā
- idea
- jagad
- (jagat) the world
- atra
- here
- yathā
- how
- utpannaṁ
- arose
- tat
- that
- tē
- to you
- vakṣyāmi
- I shall tell
- rāghava
- Rāghava
Meaning
The commentary: O jewel of the Raghu line, what was described at length before is this one Self, without a second; besides it there is no other idea at all. How this world arose in the Self, which is free of the idea of a second, I will tell you hereafter. Another commentary: this Self is one alone, non-dual; in it there is no idea of a second. The verse joins the two halves of the teaching that follow: the account of how the world arose is given in the Self that has no second, so the story of creation will not bring in anything besides it.