चेत्यसंवेदनात् जीवो भवत्यायाति संसृतिम् । तदसंवेदनाद् रूपं समायाति समं पुनः ॥ ३६ ॥
cētyasaṁvēdanāt jīvō bhavatyāyāti saṁsṛtim | tadasaṁvēdanād rūpaṁ samāyāti samaṁ punaḥ || 36 ||
Translation
From knowing the knowable it becomes a jīva and comes into the round of births; from not knowing it, it comes back to its even form again.
Word by word
- cētya
- the knowable
- saṁvēdanāt
- from knowing
- jīvō
- (jīvaḥ) a jīva
- bhavati
- becomes
- āyāti
- comes
- saṁsṛtim
- into the round of births
- tad
- (tat) it
- asaṁvēdanād
- (asaṃvedanāt) from not knowing
- rūpaṁ
- form
- samāyāti
- comes back
- samaṁ
- to its even
- punaḥ
- again
Meaning
The commentary: what was said at length is now said briefly so that it may be known. Brahman, by resolving on objects, becomes a jīva and enters the world of birth and death; by giving up the resolve on objects it reaches again its own form, free of unevenness. The whole of bondage and release in two lines: attend to objects and one is a jīva; let them go and one is Brahman.