अस्मादेकप्रतिस्पन्दाज्जीवाः संप्रसरन्ति ये । सहकारिकारणानामभावाच्च स एव ते ॥ १२ ॥
asmādēkapratispandājjīvāḥ saṁprasaranti yē | sahakārikāraṇānāmabhāvācca sa ēva tē || 12 ||
Translation
The jīvas that spread out from this single stirring are he himself, for there are no helping causes.
Word by word
- asmād
- (asmāt) from this
- ēka
- single
- pratispandāj
- (pratispandāt) stirring
- jīvāḥ
- jīvas
- saṁprasaranti
- spread out
- yē
- that
- sahakāri
- helping
- kāraṇānām
- causes
- abhāvāc
- (abhāvāt) for there are no
- ca
- and
- sa
- (saḥ) he
- ēva
- himself
- tē
- they
Meaning
The commentary: the individual and the whole are of one nature, so the oneness of Brahman follows. The jīvas that come out of that Virāṭ, moving with no helper, are the Self, not other than it, for there are no helping causes; branches spread from one tree are not seen to be other than the tree. A pot needs a potter, a wheel and a stick besides clay; where nothing besides the clay is at work, the pot is only clay.