Chapter 28
अविद्यमानोऽप्यवभासते यो वैकारिको राजससर्ग एष: । ब्रह्म स्वयंज्योतिरतो विभाति ब्रह्मेन्द्रियार्थात्मविकारचित्रम् ॥ २२ ॥
Transliteration
avidyamāno ’py avabhāsate yo vaikāriko rājasa-sarga eṣaḥ brahma svayaṁ jyotir ato vibhāti brahmendriyārthātma-vikāra-citram
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
avidyamānaḥ — actually not existing; api — although; avabhāsate — appears; yaḥ — which; vaikārikaḥ — manifestation of transformations; rājasa — of the mode of passion; sargaḥ — the creation; eṣaḥ — this; brahma — the Absolute Truth (on the other hand); svayam — established in Himself; jyotiḥ — luminous; ataḥ — therefore; vibhāti — becomes manifest; brahma — the Absolute Truth; indriya — of the senses; artha — their objects; ātma — the mind; vikāra — and of the transformations of the five gross elements; citram — as the variety.
Translation
“Although thus not existing in reality, this manifestation of transformations created from the mode of passion appears real because the self-manifested, self-luminous Absolute Truth exhibits Himself in the form of the material variety of the senses, the sense objects, the mind and the elements of physical nature.”