सन्नप्यसद् यो जगति यो देहस्थोऽपि दूरगः । चित्प्रकाशो ह्ययं यस्मादालोक इव भास्वतः ॥ ८ ॥
sannapyasad yō jagati yō dēhasthō’pi dūragaḥ | citprakāśō hyayaṁ yasmādālōka iva bhāsvataḥ || 8 ||
Translation
who, though he is, is as if he were not in the world; who, though dwelling in the body, is far away; from whom this light of consciousness comes, as daylight from the sun;
Word by word
- san
- (san) being
- api
- though
- asad
- (asat) as if he were not
- yō
- (yaḥ) who
- jagati
- in the world
- dēha
- the body
- sthō
- (sthaḥ) dwelling in
- dūra
- far away
- gaḥ
- gone
- cit
- of consciousness
- prakāśō
- (prakāśaḥ) light
- hi
- indeed
- ayaṁ
- this
- yasmād
- (yasmāt) from whom
- ālōka
- daylight
- iva
- as
- bhāsvataḥ
- from the sun
Meaning
Two paradoxes, and the commentary resolves both by ignorance (avidyā). He is ever present, yet, veiled by ignorance, he seems not to be, to those who look only outward. He dwells in the body, closer than anything, and for the same reason seems far away. Then the reason he can be overlooked: he is the light by which everything is seen, and one looks at what the daylight shows, not at the daylight.