केवलं विततं शान्तं तदनादि गतभ्रमम् । आद्यन्तमध्यरहितं महत्यात्मनि तिष्ठति ॥ ५९ ॥
kēvalaṁ vitataṁ śāntaṁ tadanādi gatabhramam | ādyantamadhyarahitaṁ mahatyātmani tiṣṭhati || 59 ||
Translation
It is alone, spread out, at peace, beginningless, free of error; without beginning, end or middle, it abides in the great Self.
Word by word
- kēvalaṁ
- alone
- vitataṁ
- spread out
- śāntaṁ
- at peace
- tad
- (tat) it
- anādi
- beginningless
- gata
- free
- bhramam
- of error
- ādya
- beginning
- anta
- end
- madhya
- or middle
- rahitaṁ
- without
- mahati
- great
- ātmani
- in the Self
- tiṣṭhati
- it abides
Meaning
The supreme space described in the words used for Brahman: alone (kevala), without a second; spread everywhere; at peace; never begun; untouched by error. It "abides in the great Self": another commentary, it abides in its own Self alone. The journey has led outward to what was within from the start.