तं विनाऽनुदये त्वासां प्रधानेच्छैव रोहति । शक्त्या ह्यजातया ब्राह्म्या नियमोऽयं प्रकल्पितः ॥ ३२ ॥
taṁ vinā’nudayē tvāsāṁ pradhānēcchaiva rōhati | śaktyā hyajātayā brāhmyā niyamō’yaṁ prakalpitaḥ || 32 ||
Translation
Without it, they do not come about, and only the chief will grows; this rule was made by the unborn power of Brahman.
Word by word
- taṁ
- it
- vinā
- without
- anudayē
- they do not come about
- tu
- and
- āsāṁ
- of them
- pradhāna
- the chief
- icchā
- will
- ēva
- only
- rōhati
- grows
- śaktyā
- by the power
- hi
- indeed
- ajātayā
- unborn
- brāhmyā
- of Brahman
- niyamō
- (niyamaḥ) rule
- ayaṁ
- this
- prakalpitaḥ
- was made
Meaning
The commentary meets an objection: great sages bring things about by resolve, without the order of acts; how? Granted that no individual's work comes about without the order of acts, where sages accomplish things by will alone, it is the will of the chief, the whole jīva, "let his resolve succeed", that is the cause there. This law was made by the unborn power of Brahman itself.