अहन्तोदेति तदनु सह वै कालसत्तया । भविष्यदभिधार्थेन बीजं मुख्यं जगत्स्थितेः ॥ १० ॥
ahantōdēti tadanu saha vai kālasattayā | bhaviṣyadabhidhārthēna bījaṁ mukhyaṁ jagatsthitēḥ || 10 ||
Translation
After that, I-ness arises, together with the being of time, the chief seed of the world's existence, with the meaning of names to come.
Word by word
- ahantā
- I-ness
- udēti
- arises
- tadanu
- after that
- saha
- together
- vai
- indeed
- kāla
- of time
- sattayā
- with the being
- bhaviṣyad
- (bhaviṣyat) to come
- abhidhā
- of names
- arthēna
- with the meaning
- bījaṁ
- seed
- mukhyaṁ
- chief
- jagat
- of the world
- sthitēḥ
- of the existence
Meaning
The commentary: the verse tells the creation of the I-sense of Hiraṇyagarbha, the jīva just described, and from there of time, measured as Brahmā's life of two parārdhas. After the being of space, I-ness (ahantā, the ego) arises with the being of time, as the chief seed of the world's standing, in the form of the meanings of names to come. Another commentary: the chief seed of the world's existence, with the being of time in the form of a life of two parārdhas. I-ness and time arise together: wherever there is a centre, there is a before and after.