शुद्धचिन्मात्रममलं ब्रह्माऽस्तीह हि सर्वगम् । तद्यथा सर्वशक्तित्वाद्विन्दते याः स्वयं कलाः ॥ २१ ॥
śuddhacinmātramamalaṁ brahmā’stīha hi sarvagam | tadyathā sarvaśaktitvādvindatē yāḥ svayaṁ kalāḥ || 21 ||
Translation
Here there is only Brahman, pure awareness, stainless, all-pervading; and, being all-powerful, the parts it finds of itself,
Word by word
- śuddha
- pure
- cin
- (cit) awareness
- mātram
- only
- amalaṁ
- stainless
- brahma
- Brahman
- asti
- there is
- iha
- here
- hi
- indeed
- sarvagam
- all-pervading
- tad
- (tat) it
- yathā
- and
- sarvaśaktitvād
- (sarvaśaktitvāt) being all-powerful
- vindatē
- finds
- yāḥ
- which
- svayaṁ
- of itself
- kalāḥ
- parts
Meaning
The commentary: there is only the one pure, dense, all-pervading, stainless Brahman; being endowed with every power, whatever imaginings it dwells on, it itself becomes their form. Another commentary: it gains of itself skill in all works. The sentence runs into the next verse.