एतत्पदं तज्जगदात्मन: परं सकृद्विभातं सवितुर्यथा प्रभा । यथासवो जाग्रति सुप्तशक्तयो द्रव्यक्रियाज्ञानभिदाभ्रमात्यय: ॥ १६ ॥
etat padam taj jagad-atmanah param sakrd vibhatam savitur yatha prabha yathasavo jagrati supta-saktayo dravya-kriya-jnana-bhida-bhramatyayah
- etat
- this cosmic manifestation
- padam
- place of habitation
- tat
- that
- jagat-atmanah
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- param
- transcendental
- sakrt
- sometimes
- vibhatam
- manifested
- savituh
- of the sun
- yatha
- as
- prabha
- sunshine
- yatha
- as
- asavah
- the senses
- jagrati
- become manifest
- supta
- inactive
- saktayah
- energies
- dravya
- physical elements
- kriya
- activities
- jnana
- knowledge
- bhida-bhrama
- differences from misunderstanding
- atyayah
- passing away
Just as the sunshine is nondifferent from the sun, the cosmic manifestation is also nondifferent from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Supreme Personality is therefore all-pervasive within this material creation. When the senses are active, they appear to be part and parcel of the body, but when the body is asleep, their activities are unmanifest. Similarly, the whole cosmic creation appears different and yet nondifferent from the Supreme Person.