ततो जीवत्वकलनं चेत्यसंयोगचेतनात् । ततोऽस्य मायाकलनं चेत्यैकपरतावशात् ॥ ३ ॥
tatō jīvatvakalanaṁ cētyasaṁyōgacētanāt | tatō’sya māyākalanaṁ cētyaikaparatāvaśāt || 3 ||
Translation
Then the conceiving of jīvahood, from knowing its contact with the knowable; then, for it, the conceiving of māyā, through being wholly given to the knowable.
Word by word
- tatō
- (tataḥ) then
- jīvatva
- of jīvahood
- kalanaṁ
- the conceiving
- cētya
- with the knowable; to the knowable
- saṁyōga
- its contact
- cētanāt
- from knowing
- asya
- for it
- māyā
- of māyā
- ēka
- wholly
- paratā
- being given
- vaśāt
- through
Meaning
The commentary: when its relation to objects is lit up, the notion of being a jīva arises in that Self of awareness; and, through the conceit "I am only the objects", the notion of I-ness arises in it. Another commentary: through I-ness in objects alone, relation to māyā comes about. Māyā here is the absorption itself: awareness so taken up with what it knows that it takes itself for one of its objects.