जगदादावनुत्पन्नं यच्चेदं दृश्यते ततम् । तत्स्वात्मन्येव विमले ब्रह्म चित्त्वात् स्वबृंहितम् ॥ ३९ ॥
jagadādāvanutpannaṁ yaccēdaṁ dṛśyatē tatam | tatsvātmanyēva vimalē brahma cittvāt svabṛṁhitam || 39 ||
Translation
The world was not born in the beginning; and what is seen here spread out is Brahman, grown of itself in its own pure Self, because it is consciousness.
Word by word
- jagad
- (jagat) the world
- ādau
- in the beginning
- anutpannaṁ
- was not born
- yac
- (yat) what
- ca
- and
- idaṁ
- here
- dṛśyatē
- is seen
- tatam
- spread out
- tat
- that
- svātmani
- in its own Self
- ēva
- itself
- vimalē
- pure
- brahma
- Brahman
- cittvāt
- because it is consciousness
- sva
- of itself
- bṛṁhitam
- grown
Meaning
The commentary: this vast world that is seen was never born; being consciousness, it is imagined in the pure Self alone; so it is Brahman, and has no being apart from it. "Grown of itself" (svabṛṁhita) plays on the word Brahman, which comes from the root bṛh, to grow great: the world is Brahman's own greatness, seen as many.