Stanzas on the Divine Pulsation · 1.4

Stanzas on the Divine Pulsation 1.4

1.4
अहं सुखी च दुःखी च रक्तश्चेत्यादिसंविदः । सुखाद्यवस्थानुस्यूते वर्तन्तेऽन्यत्र ताः स्फुटम् ॥४॥
ahaṃ sukhī ca duḥkhī ca raktaś cetyādi-saṃvidaḥ | sukhādy-avasthānusyūte vartante 'nyatra tāḥ sphuṭam ||
anuṣṭubh
— I am happy ; — and ; — miserable ; — and ; — attached ; — and the like (such cognitions as 'I am … etc.') ; — cognitions ; — in (something) threaded through the states of pleasure etc. ; — exist, abide ; — elsewhere (i.e., in another substratum) ; — those (cognitions) ; — clearly

Such cognitions as 'I am happy', 'I am miserable', 'I am attached', etc., clearly inhere in another (substratum — the Spanda Self) which is the thread running through the states of pleasure and the rest.