यथाभावितमात्रार्थभाविताद् विश्वरूपतः । स एव स्वात्माऽऽस ततोऽप्ययं सोऽहमिति स्वयम् ॥ २२ ॥
yathābhāvitamātrārthabhāvitād viśvarūpataḥ | sa ēva svātmā’’sa tatō’pyayaṁ sō’hamiti svayam || 22 ||
Translation
Through the things imagined, as they were imagined, and through being the universe, it became its own self: then this one, of itself, "I am that".
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- bhāvita
- imagined
- mātra
- just
- artha
- the things
- bhāvitād
- (bhāvitāt) through (the things) imagined
- viśva
- the universe
- rūpataḥ
- through being
- sa
- (saḥ) it
- ēva
- just
- sva
- its own
- ātmā
- self
- āsa
- became
- tatō
- (tataḥ) then
- api
- too
- ayaṁ
- this one
- sō
- (saḥ) that
- aham
- I am
- iti
- thus
- svayam
- of itself
Meaning
The commentary: through the feeling of the things resolved on, and being of the universe's nature, that star-like self became its own self as "I am he" (so'ham). Another commentary: since the knowledge "I myself am that" arises, the star-like one became its own self. The self is made by identification: "I am that" is the knot that ties awareness to a form.