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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.14.26

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

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Sarga 14 · Verse 26

Verse 26

एवं ब्रह्मैव जीवात्मा निर्विभागो निरन्तरः । सर्वशक्तिरनाद्यन्तो महाचित्साररूपवान् ॥ २६ ॥

ēvaṁ brahmaiva jīvātmā nirvibhāgō nirantaraḥ | sarvaśaktiranādyantō mahācitsārarūpavān || 26 ||

Translation

So Brahman itself is the jīva-self, undivided, unbroken, all-powerful, without beginning or end, its form the essence of the great awareness.

Word by word

ēvaṁ
so
brahma
Brahman
ēva
itself
jīvātmā
the jīva-self
nirvibhāgō
(nirvibhāgaḥ) undivided
nirantaraḥ
unbroken
sarvaśaktir
(sarvaśaktiḥ) all-powerful
anādyantō
(anādyantaḥ) without beginning or end
mahā
great
cit
of awareness
sāra
the essence
rūpavān
its form

Meaning

The commentary: what was set out at length is now summed up. The undivided, unbroken, beginningless, endless, all-powerful jīva-self, which in truth has form only through the essential part of the great awareness that is never contradicted, is Brahman; it is not other than Brahman.