VEDANTA

Science of Consciousness

nijantargata

nijāntargata

Having gone within (antargata), into yourself (nija). Said to express that all objects of the world (viśva) appear in the self.

Extended definition:
  • nijantargata
    By this we mean of course the only self. The self is the only ground of objects, that are nothing but the self itselve. Hence this expression, 'everything appears in myself (nija)'.
     
    In dakṣiṇāmūrti stotram verse 1, nijāntargata occurs as follows:
     
    viśvaṃ darpaṇadṛśyamānanagarītulyaṃ nijāntargataṃ
    paśyannātmani māyayā bahirivodbhūtaṃ yathā nidrayā
    yaḥ sākṣātkurute prabodhasamaye svātmānamevādvayaṃ
    tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtaye
     
    "He who at the time of realization experiences his own unchanging Self - in which the Self plays only the role of the universe of names and forms - is like a city seen in a mirror, due to the maya force as if it has arisen from outside, as in a dream. To him, the divine teacher, Sri Dakshinamurthi, this bowing is".

The explanation of this Sanskrit term was written by Simon de Jong.
On the index page you will find the complete Sanskrit glossary.

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