Bhāṣya 5
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In plain words
The mantra beginning “The luminous, indeed formless” briefly revealed the Akṣara, the attributeless Puruṣa known through higher vidyā. The text now opens out the same truth through attributes, because what is first stated concisely and then expanded is easier to grasp, as in sūtra and bhāṣya. Within the cosmic egg, Virāṭ is born from Hiraṇyagarbha, the first-born Prāṇa,
Close to the Sanskrit
Having stated briefly, through the mantra beginning “The luminous, indeed formless,” the attributeless Akṣara, the true Puruṣa that is the object of higher vidyā, he now proceeds to tell of that same one at length with attributes; for a matter set out briefly and at length is easily understood, as with sūtra and bhāṣya. For he who is born within the cosmic egg from the first-born Prāṇa, Hiraṇyagarbha—Virāṭ,