प्रकाशस्य यथाऽऽलोकः शून्यत्वं नभसो यथा । तथेदं संस्थितं यत्र तद्रूपं परमात्मनः ॥ २५ ॥
prakāśasya yathā’’lōkaḥ śūnyatvaṁ nabhasō yathā | tathēdaṁ saṁsthitaṁ yatra tadrūpaṁ paramātmanaḥ || 25 ||
Translation
That in which this world stands as brightness stands in light and emptiness in the sky: that is the form of the supreme Self.
Word by word
- prakāśasya
- in light
- yathā
- as
- ālōkaḥ
- brightness
- śūnyatvaṁ
- emptiness
- nabhasō
- (nabhasaḥ) in the sky
- tathēdaṁ
- so this
- saṁsthitaṁ
- stands
- yatra
- in which
- tad
- (tat) that
- rūpaṁ
- is the form
- paramātmanaḥ
- of the supreme Self
Meaning
Brightness is not added to light, nor emptiness to the sky; each is what the other is. The commentary: as the brightness of light and the emptiness of space are their very self, so this world stands in it, that is, it is the self of this world. The refrain ends here.