अत्राऽन्तरे महाकाश इत्थमेष गणोऽप्यसन् । स्वात्मैव सदिवोदेति चिच्चमत्करणात्मकः ॥ ३८ ॥
atrā’ntarē mahākāśa itthamēṣa gaṇō’pyasan | svātmaiva sadivōdēti ciccamatkaraṇātmakaḥ || 38 ||
Translation
Meanwhile, in the great space, this group, though unreal, rises thus as if real: its own Self, the wonder of awareness.
Word by word
- atra
- here
- antarē
- meanwhile
- mahā
- great
- ākāśa
- (ākāśe) in space
- ittham
- thus
- ēṣa
- this
- gaṇō
- (gaṇaḥ) group
- api
- though
- asan
- unreal
- sva
- its own
- ātmā
- Self
- ēva
- just
- sad
- (sat) real
- iva
- as if
- udēti
- rises
- cic
- (cit) of awareness
- camatkaraṇa
- the wonder
- ātmakaḥ
- which is
Meaning
The commentary takes verses 38 and 39 together: though in that great space of the inner awareness this assembly of jīva, world and the rest is unreal, yet in that space awareness, as the wonder of awareness, rises as if real as the jīva and the rest. Camatkāra, the word the next verses turn on, is the delighted surprise of awareness at itself: its "wonder".