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छन्दोदर्शनम्
आत्मा अस्ति, तं पुरुषं समेन भावेन एतेषां त्रयाणामात्मनां योगेन रसेन ज्ञानानन्दशान्त्यादिसत्त्वेन भक्ति-प्रेम-श्रद्धादिपूणन सामरस्येन प्रपद्ये प्राप्नोमीति, “तदेतत् औपनिषदं तत्त्वं ऋगादिवेदमन्त्रमुखोदितं च अत्र अनुसन्धेयम्” (मां. उ. १-३) ॥
COMMENTARY_SUMMARY TRANSLATION That supreme Purusha is Agni of this earth and is called Vaiśvānara when in this gross (physical) body. He is well-known as residing in the stomach. Anna, the food of this world is related to the god Soma; Manas, the mental instrument is born of food. He is Indra, the god of the mid-air and is called Tejas, when He resides in the subtle body in the form of vidyut or lightning. Vital airs or Pråņas are born of Ap as their essence. He is Sürya and Prajña Atmå full of abundant knowledge. He is called Prajña by name when he resides in the casual ( karana) body. Surya is well-known and is an object visible to all the worlds ( this is his external form). He becomes what he is by light celestial, and by the power of Vak, the essence of light. That Purusha is to be attained in these three forms, which are His three-fold nature. Agni, Indra and Surya are His external forms, while Visva, Tejas and Prajña are internal forms in the body. I attain the Supreme Purusha by identity, by the element of delight within, by devotion and love.
This secret teaching of Upanishads and that taught by the mantras of Veda are to be followed. Cf. ( Mandakya Up. 1-3).
अष्टमी ऋक् । यो बहिर्धाऽऽततोऽसौ विश्वरूपो योऽति तस्थौ विश्व पूर्णो विश्वतस्परि ॥ योऽन्तर्धाऽऽत्मा प्रत्यधि चेततेऽयं
तत् परमं ज्योतिर्विश्वस्य दर्शयत् ॥ ८ ॥ पदपाठ :- यः । बहिःऽधा । आऽततः । असौ । विश्वरूपः ।
यः । अति । तस्थौ । विश्वम् । पूर्णः । विश्वतः । परि ॥ यः । अन्तःऽधा । आत्मा । प्रत्यङ् । अधि । चेतते । अयम् ॥
तत् । परमम् । ज्योतिः। विश्वस्य । दर्शयत् ।। He has externally spread Himself in the form of the multifarious universe. The Purusha is perfect and while pervading this universe, is also beyond this universe and is all round. Internally, He is Atmā, the soul who inspires from within. He is that Light Supreme which illumines all this universe.
