न ह्येकस्याद्वितीयस्य ब्रह्मण: परमात्मन: । कर्मभिर्वर्धते तेजो ह्रसते च यथा रवे: ॥ ४ ॥
na hy ekasyādvitīyasya brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ karmabhir vardhate tejo hrasate ca yathā raveḥ
- na
- not
- hi
- indeed
- ekasya
- of the one
- advitīyasya
- without a second
- brahmaṇaḥ
- the Absolute Truth
- parama-ātmanaḥ
- the Supreme Soul
- karmabhiḥ
- by activities
- vardhate
- increases
- tejaḥ
- the power
- hrasate
- diminishes
- ca
- and
- yathā
- as
- raveḥ
- of the sun
But of course the power of the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Soul, the primeval one without a second, is neither increased nor diminished by His activities, any more than the sun’s power is by its movements.