स्पन्दत्वं पवनादन्यन्न कदाचन कुत्रचित् । स्पन्द एव सदा वायुर्जगत्तस्मान्न भिद्यते ॥ ३३ ॥
spandatvaṁ pavanādanyanna kadācana kutracit | spanda ēva sadā vāyurjagattasmānna bhidyatē || 33 ||
- Another reading: स्पद (spada) for स्पन्द
Translation
Movement is never, anywhere, other than the wind; the wind is always motion itself. Just so the world is not different from That.
Word by word
- spandatvaṁ
- movement
- pavanāt
- than the wind
- anyan
- (anyat) other
- na
- never
- kadācana
- ever
- kutracit
- anywhere
- spanda
- motion
- ēva
- itself
- sadā
- always
- vāyur
- (vāyuḥ) the wind
- jagat
- the world
- tasmān
- (tasmāt) from That
- bhidyatē
- is different
Meaning
The commentary: nothing called "movement" was ever seen apart from wind; movement is always wind itself; so the world is not other than Brahman but is Brahman. The other commentary notes that "motion" (spanda) here means the stirring of will in pure Brahman taking the form of mind, from which the world is made; this word returns throughout the rest of the sarga.