बीजं जगत्तु ननु पञ्चकमात्रमेव बीजं पराव्यवहितस्थितिशक्तिराद्या । बीजं तदेव भवतीति सदाऽनुभूतं चिन्मात्रमेवमजमाद्यमतो जगच्छ्रीः ॥ ३२ ॥
bījaṁ jagattu nanu pañcakamātramēva bījaṁ parāvyavahitasthitiśaktirādyā | bījaṁ tadēva bhavatīti sadā’nubhūtaṁ cinmātramēvamajamādyamatō jagacchrīḥ || 32 ||
Translation
The seed of the world is just the group of five; the seed of that is the primal power whose standing is not set apart from the Supreme. That itself becomes the seed: so it is always experienced. Pure awareness is thus unborn and primal; hence the splendour of the world.
Word by word
- bījaṁ
- the seed
- jagat
- of the world
- tu
- indeed
- nanu
- surely
- pañcaka
- the group of five
- mātram
- just; pure
- ēva
- only
- para
- from the Supreme
- avyavahita
- not set apart
- sthiti
- whose standing
- śaktir
- (śaktiḥ) power
- ādyā
- the primal
- tad
- (tat) that
- bhavati
- becomes
- iti
- so
- sadā
- always
- anubhūtaṁ
- experienced
- cin
- (cit) awareness
- ēvam
- thus
- ajam
- unborn
- ādyam
- primal
- atō
- (ataḥ) hence
- jagac
- (jagat) of the world
- chrīḥ
- (śrīḥ) the splendour
Meaning
The sarga ends in a vasantatilakā verse, which states what the opening promised: that Brahman alone becomes the world. The commentary: the root of the visible world is the five subtle elements; the root of the five is the power of māyā, which is not separated in the least from the Supreme Self and is the cause of the world's standing. So the unborn Supreme Self, a mass of awareness, is the seed of the world through the power of māyā; when māyā is removed it alone is always present in experience, and so this visible world is of the form of awareness. The chain is short: world, five elements, power, awareness. Followed back, it ends where it began, and that is the apavāda the sarga was told for.