ब्रह्म निराकार निश्र्चळ । आत्म्यास विकार चंचळ । तयास म्हणती सकळ । देव ऐसें ॥ १ ॥
ब्रह्म निराकार व निश्चळ आहे. आत्मा चंचळ असून त्यास विकार आहे. त्याला सगळे लोक देव म्हणतात.
brahman is formless and still. And when there is a disturbance or movement then, that brahman is called the atma (ie. antar-atma). And then they say that this `all' and God is the same as that Reality. (brahman is formless and still; and when there is this `I am' feeling then He assumes the roles of the hidden purush and His prakruti and there is the feeling, `I am everywhere'. And those who don't understand, they say, this pair is Reality)