चित्तात् स्वशक्तिकचनं यदहंभावनं चितः । जीवः स्पन्दनकर्मात्मा भविष्यदभिधो ह्यसौ ॥ ५५ ॥
cittāt svaśaktikacanaṁ yadahaṁbhāvanaṁ citaḥ | jīvaḥ spandanakarmātmā bhaviṣyadabhidhō hyasau || 55 ||
Translation
The shining forth of its own power from mind, the feeling of I of awareness, is the jīva, whose nature is the act of stirring; this is the one that will be so named.
Word by word
- cittāt
- from mind
- sva
- its own
- śakti
- power
- kacanaṁ
- the shining forth
- yad
- (yat) which
- ahaṁ
- of I
- bhāvanaṁ
- the feeling
- citaḥ
- of awareness
- jīvaḥ
- the jīva
- spandana
- of stirring
- karma
- the act
- ātmā
- whose nature is
- bhaviṣyad
- (bhaviṣyat) will be
- abhidhō
- (abhidhaḥ) so named
- hy
- (hi) indeed
- asau
- this one
Meaning
The commentary: then the throbbing of the power of ego from mind, joined to the breath, the power of movement, is called by the word jīva. The ego, the unfolding of awareness's own power by resolve, joined to the power of movement, the breath, will later get the name jīva.