तस्मादुदेष्यत्यखिला जगच्छ्रीः परमात्मनः । शब्दौघनिर्मितार्थौघपरिणामविसारिणः ॥ १५ ॥
tasmādudēṣyatyakhilā jagacchrīḥ paramātmanaḥ | śabdaughanirmitārthaughapariṇāmavisāriṇaḥ || 15 ||
Translation
From that will rise the whole splendour of the world, from the Supreme Self, which spreads out the transformation that is the mass of meanings made by the mass of words.
Word by word
- tasmād
- (tasmāt) from that
- udēṣyati
- will rise
- akhilā
- the whole
- jagac
- (jagat) of the world
- chrīḥ
- (śrīḥ) splendour
- paramātmanaḥ
- from the Supreme Self
- śabda
- of words
- ōgha
- by the mass; the mass
- nirmita
- made
- artha
- of meanings
- pariṇāma
- the transformation
- visāriṇaḥ
- which spreads out
Meaning
The commentary: from the Supreme Self, which has thus become the Vedas, and which spreads out the effect that is the mass of things made by the mass of words, the world will arise. That is, he said "bhūḥ" and created the earth (Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa 2.2.4.2); "etā iti vai prajāpatir devān asṛjata, asṛgram iti manuṣyān, indava iti pitṝn": with "ete" Prajāpati created the gods, with "asṛgram" men, with "indavaḥ" the ancestors. From such Upaniṣadic passages it is well known that the Supreme Self spreads out the very things established by the words of the Vedas. Another commentary: he spoke "bhūḥ". Words come first, things after: the world is spoken before it is seen.