चमत्कारकरी चारु यच्चमत्कुरुते चितिः । स्वयं स्वात्मनि तस्यैव जगन्नाम कृतं ततः ॥ ४५ ॥
camatkārakarī cāru yaccamatkurutē citiḥ | svayaṁ svātmani tasyaiva jagannāma kṛtaṁ tataḥ || 45 ||
Translation
The wonder-maker, awareness, makes a lovely wonder in itself, of itself; and so the name "world" is given to that.
Word by word
- camatkāra
- wonder
- karī
- maker
- cāru
- lovely
- yac
- (yat) which
- camatkurutē
- makes a wonder
- citiḥ
- awareness
- svayaṁ
- of itself
- sva
- its own
- ātmani
- in itself
- tasya
- to that
- ēva
- just
- jagat
- world
- nāma
- the name
- kṛtaṁ
- is given
- tataḥ
- so
Meaning
The commentary: so it is proved that "world" is a name given to awareness's wonder; the world is no separate thing. To make wonders is awareness's nature; the lovely wonder it makes in its own form is what has been named the world.