Word meanings
- paraḥ
- transcendental
- tasmāt
- than that
- tu
- but
- bhāvaḥ
- creation
- anyaḥ
- another
- avyaktaḥ
- unmanifest
- avyaktāt
- to the unmanifest
- sanātanaḥ
- eternal
- yaḥ
- who
- saḥ
- that
- sarveṣu
- all
- bhūteṣu
- in beings
- naśyatsu
- cease to exist
- na
- never
- vinaśyati
- is annihilated
Translations
But verily, there exists higher than this Unmanifested, another Unmanifested Eternal, which is not destroyed even when all beings are destroyed.
In truth, therefore, there is the eternal, unmanifest, which is beyond and above the unmanifest spirit of creation, and which is never destroyed when all these beings perish.
But distinct from that Unmanifested is the other eternal, unmanifest Reality, who does not get destroyed when all beings are destroyed.
परन्तु उस अव्यक्त- (ब्रह्माजीके सूक्ष्म-शरीर-) से अन्य अनादि सर्वश्रेष्ठ भावरूप जो अव्यक्त है, उसका सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके नष्ट होनेपर भी नाश नहीं होता।Commentary
Another unmanifested in the ancient or eternal Para Brahman Who is distinct from the Unmanifested (Avyakta or Primordial Nature)? Who is of ite a different nature. It is superior to Hiranyagarbha (the Cosmic Creative Intelligence) and the Unmanifested Nature because It is their cause. It is not destroyed when all the beings from Brahma down to the ants or the blade of grass are destroyed. (Cf.XV.17)