यथाबन्धु यथाभृत्यं यथेहास्तमयोदयम् । अजात एव जातोऽहमिति चेतति चिद्वपुः ॥ ४७ ॥
yathābandhu yathābhṛtyaṁ yathēhāstamayōdayam | ajāta ēva jātō’hamiti cētati cidvapuḥ || 47 ||
- Another reading: चेतसि (cētasi) for चेतति
Translation
according to kin, servants, and the setting and rising here; the one whose body is awareness, unborn, knows "I am born".
Word by word
- yathābandhu
- according to kin
- yathābhṛtyaṁ
- servants
- yathēha
- here
- astamaya
- setting
- udayam
- and rising
- ajāta
- unborn
- ēva
- though
- jātō
- (jātaḥ) born
- aham
- I am
- iti
- thus
- cētati
- knows
- cid
- (cit) awareness
- vapuḥ
- whose body is
Meaning
The commentary: according to kin, servants and the risings and settings of the sun; and awareness, though unborn, remembers "I was born". The last line is the whole teaching of birth: unborn awareness thinks itself born.