यदेवेच्छति तत्तस्य भवत्याशु महात्मनः । पूर्वं तेनेष्टमिच्छादि ततो द्वित्वमुदेति यत् ॥ ३० ॥
yadēvēcchati tattasya bhavatyāśu mahātmanaḥ | pūrvaṁ tēnēṣṭamicchādi tatō dvitvamudēti yat || 30 ||
Translation
Whatever that great Self wills comes about for it at once. First it willed will and the rest; then the twoness that arises,
Word by word
- yad
- (yat) whatever
- ēva
- just
- icchati
- wills
- tat
- that
- tasya
- for it
- bhavati
- comes about
- āśu
- at once
- mahātmanaḥ
- great Self
- pūrvaṁ
- first
- tēna
- by it
- iṣṭam
- willed
- icchā
- will
- ādi
- and the rest
- tatō
- (tataḥ) then
- dvitvam
- twoness
- udēti
- arises
- yat
- that
Meaning
The commentary takes verses 29 to 31 together: whatever that great one wills is at once fulfilled. First it willed its own true resolve and the restraint of others' wills; then division into individuals arose; then, for its partial jīvas thus divided, it made the order of acts: that pots and the like arise by outer means, stick, wheel and the rest; not by resolve alone. The sentence runs on.