Word meanings
- vedānām
- amongst the Vedas
- sāma-vedaḥ
- the Sāma Veda
- asmi
- I am
- devānām
- of all the celestial gods
- asmi
- I am
- vāsavaḥ̣
- Indra
- indriyāṇām
- of amongst the senses
- manaḥ
- the mind
- ca
- and
- asmi
- I am
- bhūtānām
- amongst the living beings
- asmi
- I am
- cetanā
- consciousness
Translations
Among the Vedas, I am the Sama-Veda; among the gods, I am Vasava; among the senses, I am the mind; and among living beings, I am intelligence.
Of the Vedas, I am the hymns; I am the electric force in the powers of nature; of the senses, I am the mind; and I am the intelligence in all that lives.
Among the Vedas, I am the Sama-Veda; among the gods, I am Indra. Among the organs, I am the mind, and I am the intelligence in creatures.
मैं वेदोंमें सामवेद हूँ, देवताओंमें इन्द्र हूँ, इन्द्रियोंमें मन हूँ और प्राणियोंकी चेतना हूँ।Commentary
Vasava is Indra. Gods Such as Rudras? Adityas. Indriyas The five Jnana-Indriyas or organs of knowledge, viz., ear, skin, eye, tongue and nose and the five Karma-Indriyas or organs of action, viz., speech, hands, feet, genitals and anus. The mind is regarded as the eleventh sense. As the senses cannot function without the help of the mind, the mind is regarded as the chief among the senses. Chetana Intelligence is that state of intellect which is manifest in the aggregate of the body and the senses.
That which illumines all, from the intellect down to the grossest object, is called Chetana.