यन्महाचिन्मयमपि बृहत्पाषाणवत् स्थितम् । जडं वाऽजडमेवाऽन्तस्तद्रूपं परमात्मनः ॥ २३ ॥
yanmahācinmayamapi bṛhatpāṣāṇavat sthitam | jaḍaṁ vā’jaḍamēvā’ntastadrūpaṁ paramātmanaḥ || 23 ||
Translation
That which, though it is great consciousness, stands like a vast rock, as if inert, yet within not inert at all: that is the form of the supreme Self.
Word by word
- yan
- (yat) which
- mahā
- great
- cinmayam
- consciousness
- api
- though
- bṛhat
- vast
- pāṣāṇavat
- like a rock
- sthitam
- stands
- jaḍaṁ
- inert
- vā
- as if
- ajaḍam
- not inert
- ēva
- at all
- antas
- (antaḥ) within
- tad
- (tat) that
- rūpaṁ
- is the form
- paramātmanaḥ
- of the supreme Self
Meaning
The commentary: being full of consciousness, it has none of the qualities of the gross; yet to the ignorant it seems gross and still, like a rock; not inert, it stands within like something inert. Silent and unmoving as a mountain, and the most awake thing there is.