परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः ।यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति ॥
paras tasmāt tu bhāvo 'nyo 'vyakto 'vyaktāt sanātanaḥ | yaḥ sa sarveṣu bhūteṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati ||
- परः · paraḥ
- higher, beyond
- तस्मात् · tasmāt
- than that
- तु · tu
- but
- भावः अन्यः · bhāvaḥ anyaḥ
- another state of being
- अव्यक्तः · avyaktaḥ
- unmanifest
- सनातनः · sanātanaḥ
- eternal
- सर्वेषु भूतेषु · sarveṣu bhūteṣu
- when all beings
- नश्यत्सु · naśyatsu
- perish
- न विनश्यति · na vinaśyati
- does not perish
“But beyond that unmanifest there is another, eternal unmanifest being — which does not perish when all beings perish.”
— Original plain-language translation
Two unmanifests are now distinguished: the nightly seed-state that still cycles, and the eternal ground that never perishes. The whole cosmology pivots on this distinction. Refuge must be sought in the second, not the first.
— Reader's notes (original)