स्वयमेव चमत्कारो यः समापद्यते चितः । भविष्यन्नामदेहादि तदहं भावनं विदुः ॥ ३९ ॥
svayamēva camatkārō yaḥ samāpadyatē citaḥ | bhaviṣyannāmadēhādi tadahaṁ bhāvanaṁ viduḥ || 39 ||
Translation
The wonder that awareness itself falls into, of a name and body to come, that they know as the feeling of I.
Word by word
- svayam
- itself
- ēva
- just
- camatkārō
- (camatkāraḥ) the wonder
- yaḥ
- that
- samāpadyatē
- falls into
- citaḥ
- awareness
- bhaviṣyan
- (bhaviṣyat) to come
- nāma
- a name
- dēha
- body
- ādi
- and the rest
- tad
- (tat) that
- ahaṁ
- of I
- bhāvanaṁ
- the feeling
- viduḥ
- they know as
Meaning
The commentary: the wonder of awareness that itself reaches the state of a name and body to come is called the feeling of the ego. I-ness is awareness surprised into a shape, taking a future name and body as its own.