मन एव च सर्गादावनुत्पन्नमसद्वपुः । तदेतच्छृणु वक्ष्यामि यथैवमनुभूयते ॥ ७७ ॥
mana ēva ca sargādāvanutpannamasadvapuḥ | tadētacchṛṇu vakṣyāmi yathaivamanubhūyatē || 77 ||
Translation
And the mind itself, at the beginning of creation, was not born; its body is unreal. Hear: I shall tell you how it is nevertheless experienced so.
Word by word
- mana
- the mind
- ēva
- itself
- ca
- and
- sarga
- of creation
- ādau
- at the beginning
- anutpannam
- was not born
- asad
- (asat) unreal
- vapuḥ
- its body
- tad
- (tat) that
- ētac
- (etat) this
- śṛṇu
- hear
- vakṣyāmi
- I shall tell
- yathā
- how
- ēvam
- so
- anubhūyatē
- it is experienced
Meaning
Even the mind was never born. Then how is it experienced? That is the promise the rest of this part will keep.