कचति ज्ञप्तिरेवेदं जगदित्यादिनाऽऽत्मनि । न तु पृथ्व्यादि सम्पन्नं सर्गादावेव किञ्चन ॥ ३२ ॥
kacati jñaptirēvēdaṁ jagadityādinā’’tmani | na tu pṛthvyādi sampannaṁ sargādāvēva kiñcana || 32 ||
Translation
It is knowing itself that shines in the Self as "this world" and the rest; nothing of earth and the rest arose at all, even at the beginning of creation.
Word by word
- kacati
- shines
- jñaptir
- (jñaptiḥ) knowing
- ēva
- itself
- idaṁ
- this
- jagad
- (jagat) world
- itya
- (iti) as
- ādinā
- and the rest
- ātmani
- in the Self
- na
- not
- tu
- and
- pṛthvī
- of earth
- ādi
- and the rest
- sampannaṁ
- arose
- sarga
- of creation
- ādāv
- (ādau) at the beginning
- kiñcana
- nothing
Meaning
Another commentary: in the Self, the light of awareness alone shines under the names "world" and the rest; in truth nothing of earth and the rest arose at the beginning of creation.