सोऽकुड्य एव कुड्यात्मा दृश्यादृश्यः स्वयं स्थितः । न च दृश्यं न च द्रष्टा न स्रष्टा सर्वमेव च ॥ ९ ॥
sō’kuḍya ēva kuḍyātmā dṛśyādṛśyaḥ svayaṁ sthitaḥ | na ca dṛśyaṁ na ca draṣṭā na sraṣṭā sarvamēva ca || 9 ||
Translation
He, without a wall, is himself the wall; seen and unseen, he stands of himself: there is neither seen nor seer nor creator, and he is all.
Word by word
- sō
- (saḥ) he
- akuḍya
- without a wall
- ēva
- just
- kuḍya
- the wall
- ātmā
- himself
- dṛśya
- seen
- adṛśyaḥ
- and unseen
- svayaṁ
- of himself
- sthitaḥ
- stands
- na
- neither, nor
- ca
- and
- dṛśyaṁ
- seen
- draṣṭā
- seer
- sraṣṭā
- creator
- sarvam
- all
Meaning
Another commentary: Brahmā is like the reflection of a wall in a mirror, where there is no wall: seen, yet unreal and so not fit to be seen; he stands of himself, and in that changeless awareness the triads (seer, seen and seeing; creator, creation and creating; enjoyer, enjoyed and enjoying) are not, being impossible. A wall in a mirror can be seen and cannot be touched.