द्रष्टृदृश्यक्रमो यत्र स्थितोऽप्यस्तमयङ्गतः । यदनाकाशमाकाशं तद्रूपं परमात्मनः ॥ २१ ॥
draṣṭṛdṛśyakramō yatra sthitō’pyastamayaṅgataḥ | yadanākāśamākāśaṁ tadrūpaṁ paramātmanaḥ || 21 ||
Translation
That in which the order of seer and seen, though present, has set; that which is space and yet not space: that is the form of the supreme Self.
Word by word
- draṣṭṛ
- of seer
- dṛśya
- and seen
- kramō
- (kramaḥ) the order
- yatra
- in which
- sthitō
- (sthitaḥ) present
- api
- though
- astamayaṅ
- (astamayam) setting
- gataḥ
- has gone to
- yad
- (yat) which
- anākāśam
- not space
- ākāśaṁ
- space
- tad
- (tat) that
- rūpaṁ
- is the form
- paramātmanaḥ
- of the supreme Self
Meaning
The commentary: in it the whole series of seer, seeing and seen, though it goes on, has for ever set; and though it is not space, it is compared to space because it has no bounds. The sequence of seer and seen is still there in daily life, and still it has set, as a dream's events have set for one who knows he is dreaming.