ततो बुद्धित्वकलनमहन्तापरिणामतः । एतदेव मनस्तादि शब्दतन्मात्रकादिमत् ॥ ४ ॥
tatō buddhitvakalanamahantāpariṇāmataḥ | ētadēva manastādi śabdatanmātrakādimat || 4 ||
Translation
Then the conceiving of intellect, through the growth of I-ness; and this very thing becomes mind and the rest, having the subtle element of sound and the others.
Word by word
- tatō
- (tataḥ) then
- buddhitva
- of intellect
- kalanam
- the conceiving
- ahantā
- of I-ness
- pariṇāmataḥ
- through the growth
- ētad
- (etat) this
- ēva
- very
- manastā
- mind
- ādi
- and the rest
- śabda
- of sound
- tanmātraka
- the subtle element
- ādimat
- having and the others
Meaning
The commentary: as the I-sense grows, the notion of intellect arises in that Self of awareness; and once these characters are established, the same becomes mind together with the subtle elements of sound and the rest. As in a dream, by way of impressions, objects like sound are thought over within oneself, so the Self of awareness, thinking over the subtle elements held within it as impressions, becomes mind joined with them. The ego, intellect and mind are not three things added to awareness; they are awareness conceived in three ways.