स एव सदसद्रूपं येनाऽऽलोकेन लक्ष्यते । सर्गचित्रमनाद्यन्तं स्वरूपं चाऽऽप्य रञ्जनम् ॥ ५३ ॥
sa ēva sadasadrūpaṁ yēnā’’lōkēna lakṣyatē | sargacitramanādyantaṁ svarūpaṁ cā’’pya rañjanam || 53 ||
Translation
He alone is that light by which being and non-being are perceived; reaching his own nature, he is both the picture of creation without beginning or end, and its delight.
Word by word
- sa
- he
- ēva
- alone
- sadasad
- being and non-being
- rūpaṁ
- the form of
- yēna
- by which
- ālōkēna
- light
- lakṣyatē
- are perceived
- sarga
- of creation
- citram
- the picture
- anādyantaṁ
- without beginning or end
- svarūpaṁ
- his own nature
- ca
- and
- āpya
- reaching
- rañjanam
- its delight
Meaning
The commentary: the light by which this world of being and non-being is seen is awareness, and that is he. While ignorance lasts he is the maker of the many creations; when ignorance ends, reaching his own nature without beginning or end, he is the light of awareness itself. The other commentary reads rañjana as the delight that comes when ignorance ends: the same one is the picture and the joy of seeing it for what it is.