निःसंधितवचोज्योतिर्घनो मृदुसुशीतलः । अचेत्यचिदिति ख्यातो नाम्ना निर्भित्तिरग्रतः ॥ १२ ॥
niḥsaṁdhitavacōjyōtirghanō mṛdusuśītalaḥ | acētyaciditi khyātō nāmnā nirbhittiragrataḥ || 12 ||
Translation
dense with a light of speech that has no joins, soft and very cool; it is known by the name "awareness beyond the knowable", wall-less, before all;
Word by word
- niḥsaṁdhita
- that has no joins
- vacō
- (vacaḥ) of speech
- jyōtir
- (jyotiḥ) with a light
- ghanō
- (ghanaḥ) dense
- mṛdu
- soft
- suśītalaḥ
- and very cool
- acētya
- beyond the knowable
- cid
- (cit) awareness
- iti
- as
- khyātō
- (khyātaḥ) known
- nāmnā
- by the name
- nirbhittir
- (nirbhittiḥ) wall-less
- agrataḥ
- before all
Meaning
The commentary: its words are unbroken in meaning, that is, they point to it and nothing else; it is dense awareness, soft, cool since it ends all suffering, without covering, the first to shine in all dealings; it is called awareness free of objects. "Before all", agrataḥ: it is there first, before anything that appears in it.