पूर्णे पूर्णं प्रसरति शान्ते शान्तं व्यवस्थितम् । व्योमन्येवोदितं व्योम ब्रह्मणि ब्रह्म तिष्ठति ॥ ६९ ॥
pūrṇē pūrṇaṁ prasarati śāntē śāntaṁ vyavasthitam | vyōmanyēvōditaṁ vyōma brahmaṇi brahma tiṣṭhati || 69 ||
Translation
The full spreads into the full; the peaceful stands in the peaceful; space has risen in space; Brahman stays in Brahman.
Word by word
- pūrṇē
- into the full
- pūrṇaṁ
- the full
- prasarati
- spreads
- śāntē
- in the peaceful
- śāntaṁ
- the peaceful
- vyavasthitam
- stands
- vyōmani
- in space
- ēva
- indeed
- uditaṁ
- has risen
- vyōma
- space
- brahmaṇi
- in Brahman
- brahma
- Brahman
- tiṣṭhati
- stays
Meaning
Echoes of the Upaniṣadic "the full from the full". The commentary explains in a note: entering and leaving cannot be said of a thing; but once Brahman and the Self are known as one, it can be said that the full shines in the full. While Brahman is unknown the world is seen in it as a snake in a rope; knowledge is the world's peace. When a pot breaks, space is said to rise in space. Brahman stays in Brahman: nothing ever left.