Sat-darshana Bhashya (translation)

Verse 16.

तयुष्मदोरस्मदि संप्रतिष्ठा
तस्मिन्विनष्टेऽस्मदि मूलबोधात् ।
तद्युष्मदस्मन्मतिजितैका
स्थितिवलन्ती सहजाऽऽत्मनः स्यात् ॥

The notions ’He’ and ’Thou’ are bound with ’I’. In the realised root of ’I’ vanishes the ’I’, in the inborn luminous state of Self, the Real ’I’ Free of the notions ’He”Thou’ and ’I’.

The notion of tat, ’He’ which refers to the third personal pronoun and the notion of ’Thou,’ the second personal pronoun have meaning for me in so far as they are related to the notion of ’I’. The I-notion is the supreme significance of my being, and it is with reference to it that the other notions ’He’ and ’Thou’ have significance and they cease to be intelligible in the absence of the Inotion. Thus to understand the real character of the notions ’He’ and ’Thou’ one has to discern the basis of the I-notion and when one is awakened to its source the three notions ’He’, ’Thou and I are lost in the luminous state that is inborn of the Self the Real ’I’. It is normal supreme poise of the Self, sahaja atma sthiti, ever luminous, uncreated and one. Thus we have the assurance that such a normal state of a deeper consciousness of the Self is attained by the search for the source of the basic I-notion with which are bound up the other two notions of ’He’ and ’Thou’.

The Purusha, the spirit that is beyond all space and time is yet pervasive of all space and enduring in all time. Hence one can get at the ultimate Truth by contemplating upon the true character of time and of space. This is the teaching of the next two verses.