अव्यक्तात्तु परः पुरुषो व्यापकोऽलिङ्ग एव च ।
यं ज्ञात्वा मुच्यते जन्तुरमृतत्वं च गच्छति ॥ ८॥
avyaktāttu paraḥ puruṣo vyāpako’liṅga eva ca .
yaṃ jñātvā mucyate janturamṛtatvaṃ ca gacchati .. 8..
Beyond the Unmanifest is the Person, all-pervading and imperceptible. Having realised Him, the embodied self becomes liberated and attains Immortality.
Commentary:
This is a brief statement of the way in which sadhana has to be practised, meditation has to be carried on. Withdraw the consciousness from the objects and centre it in the senses, withdraw it from the senses and centre it in the mind, withdraw it from the mind and centre it in the intellect, withdraw it from the intellect and centre it in the universal intellect, Hiranyagarbha-tattva, the creative power, Mahat-tattva. Withdraw it from that also and fix it in the cosmic Creative Will. Withdraw it from the Will and enter into the Supreme Purusha, whose essence you yourself are. Thus you attain immortality, not before that.
