atma -- the Supreme Soul; hi -- indeed; ekah -- one; svayam-jyotih -- self-luminous; nityah -- eternal; anyah -- distinct (from the material energy); nirgunah -- free from material qualities; gunaih -- by the modes; atma -- from itself; srishtaih -- created; tat -- in their; kriteshu -- products; bhuteshu -- material entities; bahudha -- manifold; iyate -- it appears.

The supreme spirit, Paramatma, is indeed one. He is self-luminous and eternal, transcendental and devoid of material qualities. But through the agency of the very modes He has created, the one Supreme Truth manifests as many among the expansions of those modes.