यं यान्ति दृश्यवृन्दानि पयांसीव महार्णवम् । य आत्मानं पदार्थं च प्रकाशयति दीपवत् ॥ १० ॥
yaṁ yānti dṛśyavṛndāni payāṁsīva mahārṇavam | ya ātmānaṁ padārthaṁ ca prakāśayati dīpavat || 10 ||
Translation
to whom the multitudes of seen things go, as waters go to the great ocean; who lights up himself and objects, like a lamp;
Word by word
- yaṁ
- to whom
- yānti
- go
- dṛśya
- of seen things
- vṛndāni
- the multitudes
- payāṁsi
- waters
- iva
- as
- mahārṇavam
- the great ocean
- ya
- (yaḥ) who
- ātmānaṁ
- himself
- padārthaṁ
- objects
- ca
- and
- prakāśayati
- lights up
- dīpavat
- like a lamp
Meaning
The previous verse was the coming forth; this is the return. As rivers and streams fall into the ocean, the commentary says, so all seen things at the dissolution vanish into him. And like a lamp, which needs no other light to be seen, he shows himself and also the things imagined in him. Nothing else is needed to know that one is aware.