chando’bhidhānānneticenna tathāceto’rpaṇanigadāttathā hi darśanam ..1.1.25..

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SUTRA I. 1. 25.

छन्दोऽभिधानान्नेतिचेन्न तथाचेतोऽर्पणनिगदात्तथा हि दर्शनम्॥१.१.२५॥

chando’bhidhānānneticenna tathāceto’rpaṇanigadāttathā hi darśanam ..1.1.25..

.. Chhandah, (of) a metre, the metre Gayatri. .. Abhidhanat, because of the description. Na, not … Iti, thus, .. Chet, if. …. Na, not. .. Tatha, thus; (therein, in the Brahman incarnated or in the Gayatri or symbolized in the metre). Chetah, (of) mind, .. Arpana, of concentration, giving, … Nigadat, because of the teaching. ..Tatha, thus, that being so, by such an interpretation. .. Hi, because, only. … Darshanam, consistent, rational, intelligible. The phrase «the Gayatri is all this» becomes intelligible when Gayatri is taken as a symbol of God. The metre called Gayatri is certainly not «all this».

25. If it be objected, that the word Jyotis does not refer to Brahman, but it denotes the Metre Gayatri, we reply, not so; Gayatri there is only for the purposes of concentrating the mind in Brahman who is meditated upon as Gayatri. And by this explanation all becomes consistent. — 25.

COMMENTARY

But — an objection is raised — how can the four feet of Jyotis refer to Brahman, when we find that it refers to the four feet of Gayatri? For in the above quotation, it will be seen that after mentioning that «Gayatri is everything whatsoever exists», the text shows that Gayatri is the speech, the earth, the body and the heart. The four-footed Gayatri is taught in the verse five expressly as having four feet. And with regard to this Gayatri, which has four feet, and is six-fold, a Rik is mentioned: «Such is the greatness of it, greater than it is Purusha, etc». Now this mantra contains reference to four feet and it refers to Gayatri and not to Brahman. How then can you say that the reference to four feet is to light (Jyotis) which is Brahman, and not to Gayatri which is immediately referred to here.

To this objection, we reply that this Gayatri itself so referred to, does not mean the metre Gayatri, but Brahman as conceived in this symbol: for Gayatri is figuratively spoken of as having four feet, etc., in order that meditation on such Gayatri may be performed. The symbolic meditation is for the sake of instructing one how to meditate. If Gayatri meant metre, then it would be impossible to say of it that «Gayatri is everything whatsoever here exists». For certainly the metre is not everything. Therefore, the Sutra says ‘Tathahi Darshanam’ ‘so we see’ — here the word Darshanam means «consistency». For by such an explanation alone, the above passage gives a consistent meaning; otherwise we are landed into the absurdity of holding a metre to be everything. Therefore, through Gayatri is shown the meditation on Brahman. Moreover, the author gives another reason for holding that Gayatri here is Brahman and not a metre.

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