Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.32
తామసో భూతసూక్ష్మాదిర్యత: ఖం లిఙ్గమాత్మన: ॥ ౩౨ ॥
tāmaso bhūta-sūkṣmādir
[taamaso bhoota-sookshmaadir]
yataḥ khaṁ liṅgam ātmanaḥ
[yatah kham lingam aatmanah]
Word-for-word
tāmasaḥ
—
from the mode of ignorance
bhūta-sūkṣma-ādiḥ
—
subtle sense objects
yataḥ
—
from which
kham
—
the sky
liṅgam
—
symbolic representation
ātmanaḥ
—
of the Supreme Soul.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tāmaso bhūta-sūkṣmādir
tāmasaḥ
from the mode of ignorance
bhūta-sūkṣma-ādiḥ
subtle sense objects
yataḥ khaṁ liṅgam ātmanaḥ
yataḥ
from which
kham
the sky
liṅgam
symbolic representation
ātmanaḥ
of the Supreme Soul.
The sky is a product of sound, and sound is the transformation of egoistic ignorance. In other words, the sky is the symbolic representation of the Supreme Soul.
Purport
In the Vedic hymns it is said, etasmād ātmanaḥ ākāśaḥ sambhūtaḥ. The sky is the symbolic representation of the Supreme Soul. Those who are egoistic in passion and ignorance cannot conceive of the Personality of Godhead. For them the sky is the symbolic representation of the Supreme Soul.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
From ahaṅkāra in tamas arose the sense objects starting with sound, pervaded by the Lord, from which ether arose.
Ahaṅkāra in tamas is the cause (ādi) of the sense objects such as sound, from which arose ether (kham), [Note: The gross elements are the adhibhūta aspect or kārya.] which is a form of the Supreme Lord (ātmanaḥ), since it reveals the Lord through sound describing his qualities. Or another meaning is “From sound, which is a form of the Lord (atmanaḥ) arose the form of ether. Being an effect of the Lord, sound is called ātmā, for the śruti says tasmād vā etasmād ātmanaḥ ākāśaḥ sambhutaḥ: the ether arose from the Lord, who pervades sound (ātmanaḥ). (Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.1)
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