अजमजरमनाद्यं शाश्वतं ब्रह्म नित्यं शिवममलममोघं वन्द्यमुच्चैरनिन्द्यम् । सकलकलनशून्यं कारणं कारणाना- मनुभवनमवेद्यं वेदनं विश्वमन्तः ॥ ७६ ॥
ajamajaramanādyaṁ śāśvataṁ brahma nityaṁ śivamamalamamōghaṁ vandyamuccairanindyam | sakalakalanaśūnyaṁ kāraṇaṁ kāraṇānā- manubhavanamavēdyaṁ vēdanaṁ viśvamantaḥ || 76 ||
Translation
Unborn, ageless, without beginning, eternal Brahman, everlasting, auspicious, stainless, unfailing, worthy of highest worship, beyond reproach, empty of all reckoning, the cause of causes: experience itself, beyond being known, knowing, the universe within.
Word by word
- ajam
- unborn
- ajaram
- ageless
- anādyaṁ
- without beginning
- śāśvataṁ
- eternal
- brahma
- Brahman
- nityaṁ
- everlasting
- śivam
- auspicious
- amalam
- stainless
- amōghaṁ
- unfailing
- vandyam
- worthy of worship
- uccaiḥ
- highest
- anindyam
- beyond reproach
- sakala
- all
- kalana
- reckoning
- śūnyaṁ
- empty of
- kāraṇaṁ
- the cause
- kāraṇānām
- of causes
- anubhavanam
- experience itself
- avēdyaṁ
- beyond being known
- vēdanaṁ
- knowing
- viśvam
- the universe
- antaḥ
- within
Meaning
The sarga ends in a mālinī verse, a longer metre. The commentary: having pointed out the meaning of "That" and of "you", it now gives the meaning of the sentence: that Brahman, you are That. Its note reads the verse closely: "the cause of causes" names "That" as it is first spoken of, the cause of the world; "unborn, ageless … empty of all reckoning" names what "That" points to beyond every cause; "knowing, the universe" names "you" as the witness of the three states of waking, dream and sleep; and "beyond being known, knowing" names what "you" points to, free of all three. So the verse is the great saying "you are That" (tat tvam asi), spelled out: the cause of all and the awareness within are one.