भात्येवं नाम ब्रह्माण्डं व्योमात्मैवाऽतिनिर्मलम् । दृश्यमेवमिदं शान्तं स्वात्मनिर्मितविभ्रमम् ॥ ४७ ॥
bhātyēvaṁ nāma brahmāṇḍaṁ vyōmātmaivā’tinirmalam | dṛśyamēvamidaṁ śāntaṁ svātmanirmitavibhramam || 47 ||
- Another reading: भात्येव (bhātyēva) for भात्येवं
Translation
So, indeed, the cosmic egg shines, being only the self of space, utterly stainless; so this seen is at peace, a bewilderment made by its own Self.
Word by word
- bhāti
- shines
- ēvaṁ
- so
- nāma
- indeed
- brahmāṇḍaṁ
- the cosmic egg
- vyōma
- of space
- ātmā
- the self
- ēva
- only
- ati
- utterly
- nirmalam
- stainless
- dṛśyam
- seen
- ēvam
- so
- idaṁ
- this
- śāntaṁ
- at peace
- sva
- its own
- ātma
- Self
- nirmita
- made
- vibhramam
- a bewilderment
Meaning
The commentary: the utterly stainless Self of awareness shines as if it were the cosmic egg. Thus this seen world, in which the Self has had a particular delusion, is at peace, without support or supported, not two, and, since nothing is set against it, free even of the number one: it is Brahman. The bewilderment, vibhrama, is "made by its own Self": no one else deceives it.