स्वयमेवात्मनाऽऽत्मानं वेत्थ त्वं पुरुषोत्तम ।
भूतभावन भूतेश देवदेव जगत्पते ॥ १५ ॥
भूतभावन भूतेश देवदेव जगत्पते ॥ १५ ॥
svayamevātmanā’’tmānaṃ vettha tvaṃ puruṣottama .
bhūtabhāvana bhūteśa devadeva jagatpate .. 15 ..
Thou Thyself knowest Thyself as the Self,* O Puruṣa Supreme, O Source of beings, O Lord of beings, O God of Gods, O Ruler of the world.
Thou Thyself, i.e., without being taught: knowest Thyself i.e. the unconditioned nature of Thyself. As the Self: not as something external.—(A.)
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Knowest Thyself: as the Lord,* as the Īśvara possessed of unsurpassed wisdom, sovereignty and other powers.
Not even Thy conditioned nature as the Lord of the Universe, etc., can be seen by others.—(A.)