सत्तैव भावनामात्रसारा संसरणोन्मुखी । तदा वस्तुस्वभावेन त्वनुत्तिष्ठति तामिमाम् ॥ ८ ॥
sattaiva bhāvanāmātrasārā saṁsaraṇōnmukhī | tadā vastusvabhāvēna tvanuttiṣṭhati tāmimām || 8 ||
Translation
Being itself, its essence mere ideation, turns towards wandering; and then, by the nature of the reality, it rises after it, as this very state.
Word by word
- sattā
- being
- ēva
- itself
- bhāvanā
- ideation
- mātra
- mere
- sārā
- its essence
- saṁsaraṇa
- towards wandering
- unmukhī
- turns
- tadā
- then
- vastu
- of the reality
- svabhāvēna
- by the nature
- tv
- (tu) and
- anuttiṣṭhati
- rises after
- tām
- that
- imām
- very (state)
Meaning
The commentary: even so, the being of Brahman is not destroyed in its own nature. At that time Brahman's being alone turns towards worldly existence by ideation only (bhāvanā, mere resolve), not by any act of change. How so? Such is Brahman's nature: it reaches the state of the world by resolve alone, not by changing and then becoming the world. Then how does it become a jīva? As the snake arises in the rope, so the state of the jīva arises in it. Another commentary: by following being through the nature of the reality, as a snake appears in a rope, it reaches the state of the jīva while remaining in its own highest condition. The verse is the safeguard of the whole account: "leaves the supreme state" in verse 7 meant only this.