आत्मन्यात्माऽऽत्मनैवाऽस्या यत्प्रस्फुरति वारिवत् । जगदन्तमहन्ताणुं तदैषा संप्रपश्यति ॥ ४४ ॥
ātmanyātmā’’tmanaivā’syā yatprasphurati vārivat | jagadantamahantāṇuṁ tadaiṣā saṁprapaśyati || 44 ||
Translation
What, in itself, by itself, swells like water, the atom of I-ness ending as the world: that it then sees.
Word by word
- ātmani
- in itself
- ātmā
- itself
- ātmanā
- by itself
- ēva
- just
- asyā
- (asyāḥ) of it
- yat
- what
- prasphurati
- swells
- vāri
- water
- vat
- like
- jagat
- as the world
- antam
- ending
- ahantā
- of I-ness
- aṇuṁ
- the atom
- tadā
- then
- ēṣā
- it
- saṁprapaśyati
- sees
Meaning
The commentary on verses 43 and 44: as water appears in water as a bubble or wave, so awareness, in itself, by itself, throbs as the very subtle I-ness, and as grossness grows outwards it sees that atom of I-ness become at last the cosmic egg. The world is the I grown large.