The person stationed in the space–like consciousness
दिक्–अम्बरः वाdik–ambaraḥ vā
may be naked
अपि चapi ca
or
स–अम्बरः वाsa–ambaraḥ vā
or may be wearing clothes
त्वक्–अम्बरः वा अपिtvak–ambaraḥ vā api
or may be wearing the bark of trees
उन्मत्तवत् वाunmattavat vā
or may be like an insane person
बाल–वत् वाbāla–vat vā
like a child
पिशाचवत् अपि वाpiśācavat api vā
or like a ghost
चरति अवन्याम्carati avanyām
moves in the world
Translation
The realised person moves alone, enjoying whatever food he wants, assuming whatever forms he wants, reveling in his own self and staying as the Self of all.
Annotation
The fact that Atman is one in all the beings is being demonstrated here. The realised person is in his own self and he is also the Self of all. He is said to enjoy all desires because all the enjoyment of all the people in the world is his own. The Taittiriya Upanishad (2–1) says that ‘the knower of Brahman, in identification with Brahman, enjoys all things simultaneously’. All the loka–s, the worlds such as heaven are visualised in that Supreme Brahman and hence the realised person is said to be in all forms.