Ashtavakra Gita · Verse 2.6 · Janaka speaks
Just as sugar generated in sugarcane juice is wholly pervaded by it, even so the universe produced in me is permeated by me through and through.
Word by word
यथा
yathā
just as
indeclinable
एव
eva
indeed
indeclinable particle
इक्षुरसे
ikṣurase
in sugarcane juice
compound noun, masculine, locative singular
क्लृप्ता
kḷptā
produced, generated
past passive participle, feminine, nominative singular
तेन
tena
by that (juice)
pronoun, instrumental singular
व्याप्ता
vyāptā
pervaded, permeated
past passive participle, feminine, nominative singular
एव
eva
indeed
indeclinable particle
शर्करा
śarkarā
sugar
noun, feminine, nominative singular
तथा
tathā
so also
indeclinable
विश्वम्
viśvam
the universe
noun, neuter, nominative singular
मयि
mayi
in me
pronoun, locative singular
क्लृप्तम्
kḷptam
produced, projected
past passive participle, neuter, nominative singular
मया
mayā
by me
pronoun, instrumental singular
व्याप्तम्
vyāptam
pervaded
past passive participle, neuter, nominative singular
Vyāpti = all-pervasiveness; the Self permeates the universe as its essential substratum, just as sweetness permeates sugar.
निरन्तरम्
nirantaram
without interruption, throughout
indeclinable adverb