यद् बीजं तत्फलं विद्धि तस्माद् ब्रह्ममयं जगत् । एवमेष महाकाशे सर्गादौ पञ्चको गणः ॥ १० ॥
yad bījaṁ tatphalaṁ viddhi tasmād brahmamayaṁ jagat | ēvamēṣa mahākāśē sargādau pañcakō gaṇaḥ || 10 ||
Translation
What the seed is, know that the fruit is; therefore the world is made of Brahman. So, at the beginning of creation, in the great space, this group of five
Word by word
- yad
- (yat) what
- bījaṁ
- the seed
- tat
- that
- phalaṁ
- the fruit
- viddhi
- know
- tasmād
- (tasmāt) therefore
- brahma
- Brahman
- mayaṁ
- made of
- jagat
- the world
- ēvam
- so
- ēṣa
- this
- mahā
- great
- ākāśē
- in space
- sarga
- of creation
- ādau
- at the beginning
- pañcakō
- (pañcakaḥ) of five
- gaṇaḥ
- group
Meaning
The commentary: what is the seed is the fruit, for cause and effect are not different; so, Rāma, know the world as of the form of Brahman. A mango seed gives mangoes: the fruit is the seed's own nature unfolded. If awareness is the seed, the world is awareness. The sentence runs on into the next verse.