Verse 4
Mahavakya
अथ संसृतिबन्धमोक्षयोर्विद्याविद्ये चक्षुषी उपसंहृत्य विज्ञायाविद्यालोकाण्डस्तमोदृक् । तमो हि शारीरप्रपञ्चमाब्रह्मस्थावरान्तमनन्ताखिलाजाण्डभूतम् । निखिलनिगमोदितसकामकर्मव्यवहारो लोकः ॥३–४॥
अथ । संसृति-बन्ध-मोक्षयोः । विद्या-अविद्ये । चक्षुषी । उपसंहृत्य । विज्ञाय । अविद्या-लोक-आण्डः । तमः-दृक् । तमः हि । शारीर-प्रपञ्चम् । आ-ब्रह्म-स्थावर-अन्तम् । अनन्त-अखिल-अजाण्ड-भूतम् । निखिल-निगम-उदित-सकाम-कर्म-व्यवहारः । लोकः ॥३–४॥
atha saṃsṛti-bandha-mokṣayor vidyāvidye cakṣuṣī upasaṃhṛtya vijñāyāvidyā-lokāṇḍas tamo-dṛk | tamo hi śārīra-prapañcam ā-brahma-sthāvarāntam anantākhilājāṇḍa-bhūtam | nikhila-nigamodita-sakāma-karma-vyavahāro lokaḥ ||3–4||
ಇದೀಗ ಸಂಸಾರದ ಬಂಧನ ಮತ್ತು ಮೋಕ್ಷಗಳ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿದ್ಯೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅವಿದ್ಯೆ ಎಂಬ ಎರಡು ‘ಚಕ್ಷು’ಗಳನ್ನು ಒಳಗೆ ಸಂಹರಿಸಿ, ಅವುಗಳ ಸ್ವರೂಪವನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಂಡಾಗ: ಅವಿದ್ಯೆಯಿಂದ ನಿರ್ಮಿತವಾದ ಲೋಕದ ‘ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಂಡ-ಅಂಡ’ವು ತಮಸ್ಸಿನ ದರ್ಶನವೇ ಆಗಿದೆ. ತಮಸ್ಸೇ ದೇಹಧಾರಿಯಾದ ಪ್ರಪಂಚ—ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನಿಂದ ಸ್ಥಾವರದವರೆಗೆ ವ್ಯಾಪಿಸಿ—ಅನಂತ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಅಂಡಸಮೂಹರೂಪವಾಗಿ ಕಾಣುತ್ತದೆ. ಸಮಸ್ತ ವೇದಗಳು ಘೋಷಿಸಿದ ಸಕಾಮ ಕರ್ಮಗಳ ವ್ಯವಹಾರಭೂಮಿಯೇ ಈ ಲೋಕ.
Now, having withdrawn (i.e., gathered inward) the two “eyes” that are knowledge and ignorance with regard to bondage and liberation in saṃsāra, and having understood (their nature): the “cosmic egg” of the world constituted by ignorance is a vision of darkness. For darkness indeed is the embodied manifold (prapañca), extending from Brahmā down to the immobile (beings), becoming the endless totality of (world-)eggs. The world is the sphere of transactional activity of desire-motivated rites, as proclaimed by all the Vedas.