तामसो भूतसूक्ष्मादिर्यत: खं लिङ्गमात्मन: ॥ ३२ ॥
tamaso bhuta-suksmadir yatah kham lingam atmanah
- tamasah
- from the mode of passion
- bhuta-suksma-adih
- subtle sense objects
- yatah
- from which
- kham
- the sky
- lingam
- symbolic representation
- atmanah
- of the Supreme Soul.
The sky is a product of sound, and sound is the transformation of egoistic passion. In other words, the sky is the symbolic representation of the Supreme Soul.