चित्स्पन्दरूपिणोरस्ति न भेदः कर्तृकर्मणोः । स्पन्दमात्रं भवेत्कर्म स एव पुरुषः स्मृतः ॥ ५७ ॥
citspandarūpiṇōrasti na bhēdaḥ kartṛkarmaṇōḥ | spandamātraṁ bhavētkarma sa ēva puruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ || 57 ||
Translation
Between awareness and stirring, agent and act, there is no difference; the act would be mere stirring, and that is called the person.
Word by word
- cit
- awareness
- spanda
- and stirring; stirring
- rūpiṇōr
- (rūpiṇoḥ) between
- asti
- there is
- na
- no
- bhēdaḥ
- difference
- kartṛ
- agent
- karmaṇōḥ
- and act
- mātraṁ
- mere
- bhavēt
- would be
- karma
- the act
- sa
- (saḥ) that
- ēva
- just
- puruṣaḥ
- the person
- smṛtaḥ
- is called
Meaning
The commentary meets the objection that the jīva at least is different, being made of the ego (the power of awareness) and the breath (the power of movement): there is no difference between the agent, the ego in which awareness predominates, and the act, the breath in which movement predominates. The act is mere stirring; is the agent ever different from his own act? The jīva is called awareness joined with stirring, so there is no difference made by the jīva.