तस्याः शक्तेः परायास्तु स्वसंवेदनमात्रकम् । एतज्जालमसद्रूपं सदिवोदेति विस्फुरत् ॥ ११ ॥
tasyāḥ śaktēḥ parāyāstu svasaṁvēdanamātrakam | ētajjālamasadrūpaṁ sadivōdēti visphurat || 11 ||
Translation
From that supreme power, this net, which is only its own self-awareness, unreal in form, rises shining as if real.
Word by word
- tasyāḥ
- from that
- śaktēḥ
- power
- parāyās
- (parāyāḥ) supreme
- tu
- indeed
- sva
- its own
- saṁvēdana
- self-awareness
- mātrakam
- which is only
- ētaj
- (etat) this
- jālam
- net
- asad
- (asat) unreal
- rūpaṁ
- in form
- sad
- (sat) real
- iva
- as if
- udēti
- rises
- visphurat
- shining
Meaning
The commentary: the creation of space, I-ness and time is not from Hiraṇyagarbha himself but from the being of the Supreme Self that has Hiraṇyagarbha as its adjunct, for that alone is the cause of everything. From that supreme power, the being of the Supreme Self, this shining, unreal world of the seen arises like the real, made only of its own resolve. Its arising makes no change at all in the Supreme Self's being, and to point this out, the commentary says, the verse calls the net "only its own self-awareness". Another commentary: from that supreme power, forgetting itself in its own knowing, this net of the world, unreal, appears like the real.