चलतीदमनिच्छस्य कायो यो यस्य सन्निधौ । जडं परमरक्तस्य शान्तमात्मनि तिष्ठतः ॥ २१ ॥
calatīdamanicchasya kāyō yō yasya sannidhau | jaḍaṁ paramaraktasya śāntamātmani tiṣṭhataḥ || 21 ||
Translation
who is the body of all; in whose presence this inert world moves, while he wills nothing, is wholly unattached, and rests in tranquillity within himself;
Word by word
- calati
- moves
- idam
- this
- anicchasya
- while he wills nothing
- kāyō
- (kāyaḥ) the body
- yō
- (yaḥ) who
- yasya
- in whose
- sannidhau
- presence
- jaḍaṁ
- inert
- parama
- wholly
- araktasya
- unattached
- śāntam
- in tranquillity
- ātmani
- within himself
- tiṣṭhataḥ
- rests
Meaning
The commentary reads "the body" as all the forms there are, gods, men, beasts and birds: he is their form. Then the heart of the verse: he does not move the world by willing it. He desires nothing, is attached to nothing, rests in himself, and in his mere presence (sannidhi) the inert world, wholly inert as it is, becomes active. The world moves; he does not. So too in us: the body and mind move, and the awareness in whose presence they move has not stirred.