समस्तकारणौघानां कारणादिः पितामहः । स्वभावतोऽकारणात्म चित्तं चिद्ध्यनुभूतितः ॥ ८२ ॥
samastakāraṇaughānāṁ kāraṇādiḥ pitāmahaḥ | svabhāvatō’kāraṇātma cittaṁ ciddhyanubhūtitaḥ || 82 ||
Translation
The first cause of the whole host of causes is the Grandfather; by nature he is uncaused; mind is awareness, from experience.
Word by word
- samasta
- the whole
- kāraṇa
- of causes; cause
- ōghānāṁ
- of the host
- ādiḥ
- the first
- pitāmahaḥ
- the Grandfather
- svabhāvatō
- (svabhāvataḥ) by nature
- akāraṇa
- uncaused
- ātma
- in nature
- cittaṁ
- mind
- cid
- (cit) awareness
- dhy
- (hi) indeed
- anubhūtitaḥ
- from experience
Meaning
The commentary takes verses 82 and 83 together: the cause of all the effects seen in the world is Brahmā, Hiraṇyagarbha, the first; and as the fancies made from the mind's wishes are unreal, mind is by nature without cause. This causeless mind is Brahmā; so it is proved that, as fancies born of mind are unreal, so the world born of Brahmā is false. Mind is awareness itself, known in experience.