ya eka-varṇaṁ tamasaḥ paraṁ tad
ya eka-varṇaṁ tamasaḥ paraṁ tad
alokam avyaktam ananta-pāram
āsāṁ cakāropasuparṇam enam
upāsate yoga-rathena dhīrāḥ
We offer respects to the Lord who is beyond darkness, who is unseen by all people, invisible, beyond description of words, and seated on Garuḍa, whom the yogī who never gives up worship, seated on his chariot of yoga, worships using the syllable oṁ,
This verse explains the method of surrender. The Lord is the one syllable oṁ. He is seated on the back of Garuḍa or is superior to Garuḍa. He is beyond prakṛti. He is not seen by everyone (alokam), and is thus invisible (avyaktam). This is because he cannot be determined by words since he is the sum total of the Vedas (ananta-pāram). He who is oṁ and seated on Garuḍa is worshipped by the person situated on the chariot of yoga. He is worshiped by the yogī in the mood of fighting in vīra-rasa with the sthāyi-bhāva of utsāha with a desire to attain the bliss of liberation. The dhīra, one who does not give up the fight, worships this Lord. We offer respects to that Lord. The verb is in the next verse.
|| 8.5.30 ||
na yasya kaścātititarti māyāṁ
yayā jano muhyati veda nārtham
taṁ nirjitātmātma-guṇaṁ pareśaṁ
namāma bhūteṣu samaṁ carantam
We offer respects to the Supreme Lord who is equal to all living entities, who controls the jīva, māyā and the guṇas, whose māyā cannot be overcome by anyone unless they surrender to him, whose māyā bewilders men so they do not understand the Lord.
His power is explained. No one can overcome the Lord’s māyā without surrendering. He controls the jīva, māyā and the guṇas (ātmātma-guṇam).
|| 8.5.31 ||
ime vayaṁ yat-priyayaiva tanvā
sattvena sṛṣṭā bahir-antar-āviḥ
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