आद्यन्तावस्य यन्मध्यमिदमन्यदहं बहि: । यतोऽव्ययस्य नैतानि तत् सत्यं ब्रह्म चिद्भवान् ॥ ५ ॥
ady-antav asya yan madhyam idam anyad aham bahih yato ’vyayasya naitani tat satyam brahma cid bhavan
- adi
- the beginning
- antau
- and the end
- asya
- of this manifested cosmos or of anything material or visible
- yat
- that which
- madhyam
- between the beginning and the end, the sustenance
- idam
- this cosmic manifestation
- anyat
- anything other than You
- aham
- the wrong mental conception
- bahih
- outside of You
- yatah
- because of
- avyayasya
- the inexhaustible
- na
- not
- etani
- all these differences
- tat
- that
- satyam
- the Absolute Truth
- brahma
- the Supreme
- cit
- spiritual
- bhavan
- Your Lordship
The manifest, the unmanifest, false ego and the beginning, maintenance and annihilation of this cosmic manifestation all come from You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But because You are the Absolute Truth, the supreme absolute spirit soul, the Supreme Brahman, such changes as birth, death and sustenance do not exist in You.