आत्मा ह्येक: स्वयंज्योतिर्नित्योऽन्यो निर्गुणो गुणै: । आत्मसृष्टैस्तत्कृतेषु भूतेषु बहुधेयते ॥ २४ ॥
ātmā hy ekaḥ svayaṁ-jyotir nityo ’nyo nirguṇo guṇaiḥ ātma-sṛṣṭais tat-kṛteṣu bhūteṣu bahudheyate
- ātmā
- the Supreme Soul
- hi
- indeed
- ekaḥ
- one
- svayam-jyotiḥ
- self-luminous
- nityaḥ
- eternal
- anyaḥ
- distinct (from the material energy)
- nirguṇaḥ
- free from material qualities
- guṇaiḥ
- by the modes
- ātma
- from itself
- sṛṣṭaiḥ
- created
- tat
- in their
- kṛteṣu
- products
- bhūteṣu
- material entities
- bahudhā
- manifold
- īyate
- it appears
The supreme spirit, Paramātmā, is indeed one. He is self-luminous and eternal, transcendental and devoid of material qualities. But through the agency of the very modes He has created, the one Supreme Truth manifests as many among the expansions of those modes.