यथैव सूर्य: पिहितश्छायया स्वया छायां च रूपाणि च सञ्चकास्ति । एवं गुणेनापिहितो गुणांस्त्व- मात्मप्रदीपो गुणिनश्च भूमन् ॥ ३९ ॥
yathaiva sūryaḥ pihitaś chāyayā svayā chāyāṁ ca rūpāṇi ca sañcakāsti evaṁ guṇenāpihito guṇāṁs tvam ātma-pradīpo guṇinaś ca bhūman
- yathā eva
- just as
- sūryaḥ
- the sun
- pihitaḥ
- covered
- chāyayā
- by the shade
- svayā
- its own
- chāyām
- the shade
- ca
- and
- rūpāṇi
- visible forms
- ca
- also
- sañcakāsti
- illuminates
- evam
- similarly
- guṇena
- by the material quality (of false ego)
- apihitaḥ
- covered
- guṇān
- the qualities of matter
- tvam
- You
- ātma-pradīpaḥ
- self-luminous
- guṇinaḥ
- the possessors of these qualities (the living entities)
- ca
- and
- bhūman
- O almighty one
O almighty one, just as the sun, though hidden by a cloud, illuminates the cloud and all other visible forms as well, so You, although hidden by the material qualities, remain self-luminous and thus reveal all those qualities, along with the living entities who possess them.