एवं ब्रह्म महाजीवो विद्यतेऽन्तादिवर्जितः । जीवकोटिमहाकोटी भवत्यथ न किञ्चन ॥ ३५ ॥
ēvaṁ brahma mahājīvō vidyatē’ntādivarjitaḥ | jīvakōṭimahākōṭī bhavatyatha na kiñcana || 35 ||
Translation
So Brahman exists as the great jīva, free of end and beginning; it becomes the millions of jīvas and the great million, and then is nothing.
Word by word
- ēvaṁ
- so
- brahma
- Brahman
- mahā
- great
- jīvō
- (jīvaḥ) jīva
- vidyatē
- exists
- anta
- end
- ādi
- beginning
- varjitaḥ
- free of
- jīva
- of jīvas
- kōṭi
- the millions
- mahākōṭī
- the great million
- bhavati
- becomes
- atha
- and then
- na
- not
- kiñcana
- anything
Meaning
The commentary: so Brahman alone is the unborn, imperishable great jīva; the great jīva alone is both, the individual and the whole, and there is nothing besides. "Then is nothing": seen truly, neither the millions nor the one million is anything apart from it.