न जगन्नाऽपि जगती शान्तमेवाऽखिलं स्थितम् । ब्रह्मैव कचति स्वच्छमित्थमात्माऽऽत्मनाऽऽत्मनि ॥ ५१ ॥
na jagannā’pi jagatī śāntamēvā’khilaṁ sthitam | brahmaiva kacati svacchamitthamātmā’’tmanā’’tmani || 51 ||
Translation
There is no world, no earth; all stands at peace. Brahman alone shines clear, thus: the Self, by the Self, in the Self.
Word by word
- na
- no
- jagan
- (jagat) world
- api
- nor
- jagatī
- earth
- śāntam
- at peace
- ēva
- just
- akhilaṁ
- all
- sthitam
- stands
- brahma
- Brahman
- kacati
- shines
- svaccham
- clear
- ittham
- thus
- ātmā
- the Self
- ātmanā
- by the Self
- ātmani
- in the Self
Meaning
The commentary: there is no world, no earth; this whole seen is the stainless Brahman. That Self of awareness, Brahman, of itself unfolds in itself. Another commentary: Brahman shines in its own Self by its own Self. The three cases, ātmā ātmanā ātmani, the Self by the Self in the Self, leave nothing outside to act or be acted on.