नाऽस्य देहो न कर्माणि न कर्तृत्वं न वासना । एष शुद्धचिदाकाशो विज्ञानघन आततः ॥ ४० ॥
nā’sya dēhō na karmāṇi na kartṛtvaṁ na vāsanā | ēṣa śuddhacidākāśō vijñānaghana ātataḥ || 40 ||
Translation
He has no body, no actions, no doership, no impressions: he is the pure space of awareness, a mass of knowing, spread everywhere.
Word by word
- na
- no
- asya
- he has
- dēhō
- (dehaḥ) body
- karmāṇi
- actions
- kartṛtvaṁ
- doership
- vāsanā
- impressions
- ēṣa
- he
- śuddha
- pure
- cid
- (cit) of awareness
- ākāśō
- (ākāśaḥ) the space
- vijñāna
- of knowing
- ghana
- a mass
- ātataḥ
- spread everywhere
Meaning
Four absences, each of which would be a handle for death: a body to break, deeds to ripen, the sense of being the doer, and the impressions that drive a mind to act. Then three positive names. Pure space of awareness: nothing mixed into it. A mass of knowing (vijñāna-ghana): knowing through and through, as a lump of salt is salt through and through, an image from the Upaniṣad. Spread everywhere: all-pervading. The commentary repeats the list.