य ईक्षिताहंरहितोऽप्यसत्सतो: स्वतेजसापास्ततमोभिदाभ्रम: । स्वमाययात्मन् रचितैस्तदीक्षया प्राणाक्षधीभि: सदनेष्वभीयते ॥ ११ ॥
ya īkṣitāhaṁ-rahito ’py asat-satoḥ sva-tejasāpāsta-tamo-bhidā-bhramaḥ sva-māyayātman racitais tad-īkṣayā prāṇākṣa-dhībhiḥ sadaneṣv abhīyate
- yaḥ
- who
- īkṣitā
- the witness
- aham
- false ego
- rahitaḥ
- devoid of
- api
- nevertheless
- asat-satoḥ
- of material products and causes
- sva-tejasā
- by His personal potency
- apāsta
- having dispelled
- tamaḥ
- the darkness of ignorance
- bhidā
- the idea of being separate
- bhramaḥ
- and bewilderment
- sva-māyayā
- by His material creative energy
- ātman
- within Himself
- racitaiḥ
- by those who are produced (the living entities)
- tat-īkṣayā
- by His glancing upon that Māyā
- prāṇa
- by the vital airs
- akṣa
- the senses
- dhībhiḥ
- and intelligence
- sadaneṣu
- within the bodies of the living beings
- abhīyate
- His presence is surmised
He is the witness of material cause and effect, yet He is always free from false identification with them. By His internal potency He dispels the darkness of separation and confusion. The individual souls in this world, who are manifested here when He glances upon His material creative energy, indirectly perceive Him in the activities of their life airs, senses and intelligence.