ततः सा परमा सत्ता सचेतश्चेतनोन्मुखी । चिन्नामयोग्या भवति किञ्चिल्लभ्यतया तथा ॥ ६ ॥
tataḥ sā paramā sattā sacētaścētanōnmukhī | cinnāmayōgyā bhavati kiñcillabhyatayā tathā || 6 ||
Translation
Then that supreme being, turned towards the knower and the knowing, becomes fit for the name "awareness", being somewhat attainable thus.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- then
- sā
- that
- paramā
- supreme
- sattā
- being
- sacētaś
- (sacetaḥ) towards the knower
- cētana
- the knowing
- unmukhī
- turned
- cin
- (cit) awareness
- nāma
- name
- yōgyā
- fit
- bhavati
- becomes
- kiñcil
- (kiñcit) somewhat
- labhyatayā
- being attainable
- tathā
- thus
Meaning
The commentary introduces the next verses as showing how, through the looking and its objects as adjuncts, the states of Lord and jīva appear in it. Then that supreme being, turned towards the awareness made manifest in that looking, becomes fit for the name cit because it has become an object of speech, something words can reach. Another commentary: it becomes fit for the name cit, the omniscient Lord who makes all aware. Before this, Brahman was beyond names; once it seems to turn toward knowing, words can name it, and the first name it earns is "awareness". It is "somewhat attainable": just enough of an object for language.