Verse 4

Skanda

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

चिज्जडानां तु यो द्रष्टा सोऽच्युतो ज्ञानविग्रहः । स एव हि महादेवः स एव हि महाहरिः ॥४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

चित्-जडानाम् तु यः द्रष्टा सः अच्युतः ज्ञान-विग्रहः । सः एव हि महा-देवः सः एव हि महा-हरिः ॥४॥

IAST Transliteration

cijjaḍānāṃ tu yo draṣṭā so 'cyuto jñānavigrahaḥ | sa eva hi mahādevaḥ sa eva hi mahāhariḥ ||4||

Translation

Der, welcher der Zeuge des Bewussten und des Unbelebten ist, der ist Acyuta, der Unvergängliche, dessen eigene Gestalt Erkenntnis ist. Er allein wahrlich ist Mahādeva; er allein wahrlich ist Mahāhari.

Academic Translation

But he who is the seer (witness) of the conscious and the inert—he is the imperishable (Acyuta), whose very form is knowledge. He alone indeed is Mahādeva; he alone indeed is Mahāhari.

Verse Context

• Sākṣī-caitanya (witness-consciousness) and non-dual identity of Īśvara/Brahman beyond sectarian forms
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘aham brahmāsmi’ and ‘tat tvam asi’ by identifying the witnessing Self as the one reality appearing as Śiva/Viṣṇu.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)