ततस्तिमितगम्भीरं न तेजो न तमस्ततम् । अनाख्यमनभिव्यक्तं सत् किञ्चिदवशिष्यते ॥ ४७ ॥
tatastimitagambhīraṁ na tējō na tamastatam | anākhyamanabhivyaktaṁ sat kiñcidavaśiṣyatē || 47 ||
Translation
Then there remains something deep and still, neither light nor darkness spread out, nameless, unmanifest, real.
Word by word
- tatas
- (tataḥ) then
- timita
- still
- gambhīraṁ
- deep
- na
- neither
- tējō
- light
- tamas
- (tamaḥ) darkness
- tatam
- spread out
- anākhyam
- nameless
- anabhivyaktaṁ
- unmanifest
- sat
- real
- kiñcid
- something
- avaśiṣyatē
- there remains
Meaning
What remains when all is gone. The commentary: after that, only "being" (sat) remains, calm and deep, without name or form, abiding as the infinite. It is neither light nor the darkness that fills; both belong to the seen. "Something" (kiñcit) is as far as words go.