Shloka
यच्चकास्त्यनपरं परात्परं
प्रत्यगेकरसमात्मलक्षणम् ।
सत्यचित्सुखमनन्तमव्ययं
ब्रह्म तत्त्वमसि भावयात्मनि ॥ २६४ ॥
yaccakāstyanaparaṃ parātparaṃ
pratyagekarasamātmalakṣaṇam ;
satyacitsukhamanantamavyayaṃ
brahma tattvamasi bhāvayātmani . 264 .
Anvaya
- यत्yat
- That which
- चकास्तिcakāsti
- shines
- अनपरंanaparaṃ
- alone, without second Or, that which has no effect (kāryam)
- परात्–परंparāt–paraṃ
- beyond Hiranyagarbha
- प्रत्यग्–एक–रसम्pratyag–eka–rasam
- homogenous with inner Self
- आत्म–लक्षणम्ātma–lakṣaṇam
- of the nature of the Self (in all)
- सत्य–चित्–सुखम्satya–cit–sukham
- existence, consciousness, bliss
- अनन्तम्anantam
- infinite
- अव्ययंavyayaṃ
- undecaying (eternal)
- ब्रह्मbrahma
- Brahman
- तत् त्वम् असिtat tvam asi
- That you are
- भावय आत्मनिbhāvaya ātmani
- Meditate thus in your mind
Translation
Brahman is that which is alone without a second (or, it is not the cause for anything). It is beyond Hiranyagarbha and homogenous with inner Self, called Atman. It is existence, consciousness, bliss and infinite. It is the undecaying Brahman. You are That. Meditate thus in your mind.
Annotation
1) anaparam – It means that, really speaking, Brahman does not have any effect (kāryam). All creation is a manifestation as the scriptural line “this Brahman which has neither cause nor effect (Br.U.2–5–19)”. 2) parāt–param – It is higher than the Hiranyagarbha, which is merely an appearance in Brahman. 3) ātma–lakṣaṇam – The Atman is defined as follows: yaccāpnoti yadādatte yaccātti viṣayāniha । yaccāsya santato bhāvaḥ tasmād ātmā prakīrtitaḥ ॥ It knows all, it experiences all and it exists infinitely. Hence it is called Atman (Jagadguru).