Verse
35
अहमाकाशवत्सर्वं बहिरन्तर्गतोऽच्युतः ।
सदा
सर्वसमः सिद्धो निःसङ्गो निर्मलोऽचलः ॥ ३५॥
AHAM AAKAASHA-VAT SARVAM
BAHIH ANTAR-GATAH
ACHYUTAH
SADAA SARVA-SAMAH
SHUDDHAH
NISSANGAH NIRMALAH
ACHALAH
[Like Space I fill all
things within and without. Changeless, always the same in all, ever pure,
unattached, stainless and motionless (am I).]
Aham, that is, I, am
all pervading, internally and externally, in everything, much like the all
pervading space (Akasa) that I see.
In
the external world of Sareera Thrayam (the 3 bodies) and Bahya Prapancha
(external world) – I am the existence principle, the principle
of Sath.
In
the internal world of thoughts and emotions in the Manas (or Mind) – and all
its associate parts like Ahamkara, Chittha and Buddhi, I am the consciousness
principle or the principle of Chith.
I
am Achyuthaha. I
never ever fall to the dualities of Samsaara and I am always my own
protector and savior. I have no arrival or departure. I have no such
limitations.
I
am Sadaa Sarva Samaha. I am the same to everyone. I exist everywhere
and equally in all (Sarva), all the time (Sadaa). I have no differences
based on any mundane distinctions – like caste, religion, sex, status and so
on. All Naama roopas (Names and Forms) which differentiate all beings and
objects have no relevance for me.
I
am Nissangaha. I am not related
to, not connected to and not attached to anyone or anything in the creation.
For worldly matters (vyavahaara), I may be a father, son, wife and so on. But,
I have no attachments to these names and forms, which come at some point of
time and space and go at some other point of time and space. They are ephemeral
and transitory. In meditation, I negate all these relationships as binding
forms and look upon myself as ever free.
I
am
Nirmalaha. There
are no disturbances and no impurity in me – from any worldly relationships and
attachments. Even good remembrances come after us and disturb us.
Good or bad, I am free of all past, present and future relationships and
occurrences. I am free of anxieties, sorrows and all effects of Samsaara.
It
is not that worldly relationships do not exist for me in a worldly sense for
transaction purposes. But, these will not bind me and create disturbances and
impurities in me. These will remain at the level of Sareera Thrayam and
Chidhabhasa and I remain free of their bondages.
I
am Achalaha. When no
relationship and occurrences bind me, none of them can shake me. People around
me are born and they also die. They undergo the travails of Samsaara. Even
this body (for referral purpose, I may say, my Sareera Thrayam) is undergoing
all changes like old age, diseases and so on.
But,
I remain unshaken and unmoved. I, as consciousness, is knowledge myself
and even the most difficult situations cannot shake me. As Atma Jnani, I do not
get hurt by others, nor do I hurt others.
“Akashavat
Sarvam” – The Simile of Space Again:
The
only simile that can compare with our ever expanding consciousness is Space
itself. That is captured in, “I fill all things within and without.” Space, as
inspiring and expansive as it is, is just a concept in the mind. We can only
compare the Self to it, but the Self goes beyond it; It has no second to be
compared with.
However,
there is a strong point of similarity: The Self, like space, allows everything
to exist in It, yet is not contaminated by anything else.
This
is the context in which we used the same simile earlier, in verse 10, where it
was from the angle of ignorance that we looked at space – as being cut up by
our limited individuality into units. This time the context is the opposite.
We
are seeing it from the angle of the enlightened sage. It is unlimited and
pristinely pure. Reality can have no qualities. If it had, then there would
need to be another Reality that would support those qualities. Extending this
reasoning would lead to an infinite regression that makes the hypothesis
illogical.
Love.
