यथा ह्यवहितो वह्निर्दारुष्वेक: स्वयोनिषु । नानेव भाति विश्वात्मा भूतेषु च तथा पुमान् ॥ ३२ ॥
yatha hy avahito vahnir darusv ekah sva-yonisu naneva bhati visvatma bhutesu ca tatha puman
- yatha
- as much as
- hi
- exactly like
- avahitah
- surcharged with
- vahnih
- fire
- darusu
- in wood
- ekah
- one
- sva-yonisu
- the source of manifestation
- nana iva
- like different entities
- bhati
- illuminates
- visva-atma
- the Lord as Paramatma
- bhutesu
- in the living entities
- ca
- and
- tatha
- in the same way
- puman
- the Absolute Person.
The Lord, as Supersoul, pervades all things, just as fire permeates wood, and so He appears to be of many varieties, though He is the absolute one without a second.