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Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

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tada峁囜笉amabhavaddhaima峁� sahasr膩峁兣泆samaprabham |
tasmi帽jaj帽e svaya峁� brahm膩 sarvalokapit膩maha岣� || 9 ||

That became the golden egg, resplendent like the Sun; in that (egg) he (Hira峁噛agarbha) himself was born as Brahm膩, the 鈥楪rand-father鈥� of the whole world.鈥�(9)

 

惭别诲丑腻迟颈迟丑颈鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁�y补):

First of all Primordial Matter develops in the form of Clay; i.e., on account of the contact of Hira峁噛agarbha鈥檚 鈥榮eed,鈥� it become solidified; and this is what is described as having become an 鈥�egg.鈥欌�斺�楪olden,鈥� gold, made up of gold; i.e., in its brilliance it resembled the thing made of gold.

鈥淏ut this statement (that the egg was of gold) is contained in the scriptures, and we do not find any such term as 鈥榣ike鈥� or 鈥榬esembling鈥� (which would have justified the interpretation of 鈥榞olden鈥� as resembling gold),鈥攈ow then can we, in the absence of any other authority, explain the term figuratively?鈥�

Our answer to the question is as follows:鈥擫ater on we find the statement鈥斺�榖y means of the two forces, he created Heaven and Earth鈥� (Verse 13); and as a matter of fact, this Earth is found to consist of clay, and not of gold entirely; and it is in view of this fact that we have taken the epithet 鈥榞olden鈥� figuratively.

鈥�厂补丑补蝉谤腻峁兣泆岣�,鈥� lit. 鈥榯housand-rayed,鈥� is the Sun;鈥斺��补峁兣泆鈥� means rays; and the resplendence of the egg was like that of the rays of the Sun.

鈥�In that egg he himself was born,鈥� came into existence, as Brahm膩,鈥欌�擝rahm膩 is Hira峁噛agarbha himself;鈥攖he exact signification of the term 鈥榟imself鈥� has already been explained; the meaning is that he had originally (as Hira峁噛agarbha) assumed a body by the force of occult powers, he gave up that body and entered within the egg.鈥擮r, it may be that when he created water, Hira峁噛agarbha had no body, hence he took up a body within the egg.鈥擮r again, the being spoken of as 鈥榟e who鈥� (in verse 7) was different from the Brahm膩 who is described here as being born in the egg; this would be in keeping with what is going to be stated (in verse 11) in regard to the latter being 鈥榗reated by him,鈥� i.e., created by the Supreme Lord (described in verse 7).

鈥淏ut (under this last explanation) how could he be said to be 鈥榟imself born?鈥欌�攁nd the text apparently speaks, as 鈥楤rahm膩,鈥� of him who was 鈥�himself born鈥� (in the egg).鈥�

This does not affect the position; the son is often called by the name of the Father, when he is described as the 鈥榮elf being born out of itself.鈥�

The fact of the matter however is that what the Teacher has asserted is based upon scriptural texts, which have no bearing upon the matter at all [for being mere 础谤迟丑补惫腻诲补, they are not meant to describe what is directly expressed by the words]; so Unit we need not lay stress upon what is said (in the text) in this connection; specially because, so far as the expounding of Duties is concerned, it does not matter at all whether Hira峁噛agarbha himself was born in the egg, or he created some other being.

鈥�The grand-father of the whole world鈥欌�攊s a proper name, applied figuratively. That it has to be taken so is proved by the fact that the Being described is not literally the 鈥楪randfather鈥� of the people; what the attributing of this proper name is meant to indicate is that the being described is an object of great reverence, the term 鈥楪rand-father鈥� being chosen, because the Grand-father commands greater reverence than even the Father. (9).

 

Explanatory notes

Burnell remarks that this 鈥楨gg鈥� does not belong to the S膩峁卥hya philosophy. The explanation of this, in accordance with that philosophy, is thus given by 惭别诲丑腻迟颈迟丑颈, under verse 11鈥斺��Sarvata岣� pradh膩na峁� p峁泃hivy膩dibh奴totpattau k膩峁環inyameti a峁囜笉ar奴pam sampadyate.鈥�

Haimam鈥擳he commentators are agreed that this is used figuratively, in the sense of pure or brilliant.

Jaj帽e svayam Brahm膩鈥�(a) 鈥楬e himself was born as Brahm膩鈥�, or (b) 鈥楤rahm膩 himself was born.鈥�

There has been a great deal of confusion in the mind of modern scholars in connection with the 鈥楪olden Egg鈥�,鈥攎uch of which would have been avoided if the figurative character of the term had been recognised.

惭别诲丑腻迟颈迟丑颈 P. 11. l. 22 鈥�础苍颈诲补尘辫补谤别产丑测补岣�鈥�& c.鈥欌�擟f. what has been said in the Bh膩峁�ya on verse 5, to the effect that 鈥榯he process of creation here described is in some places in agreement with the Pur膩峁嘺s, while in others, in accordance with the doctrine of the Sa峁卥hyas.鈥� It is this want of consistency that has led 惭别诲丑腻迟颈迟丑颈 to regard the whole of this discourse as purely 鈥�补谤迟丑补惫腻诲补.鈥�