Stanzas on the Divine Pulsation · 1.3

Stanzas on the Divine Pulsation 1.3

1.3
जाग्रदादिविभेदेऽपि तदभिन्ने प्रसर्पति । निवर्तते निजान्नैव स्वभावादुपलब्धृतः ॥३॥
jāgrad-ādi-vibhede 'pi tad-abhinne prasarpati | nivartate nijān naiva svabhāvād upalabdhṛtaḥ ||
anuṣṭubh
— in the differentiation of waking and the other states ; — even, though ; — non-different from That ; — though it spreads forth ; — departs, recedes ; — from its own (essential nature) ; — never (negation + emphatic) ; — from its own nature ; — as the experiencer/perceiver

Although it streams forth amid the differentiations of waking and the other states — non-different from itself — it never departs from its own nature as the Perceiver.