When the Ātman of the universe awakens, then everything is illuminated.

Jāgrati: awake. But who awakens? Not the universe; the universe is what is illuminated. It is the viśvātman, the Ātman that is the universe, that awakens. This awakening is not temporal; it is ātma-jñāna, knowledge of the Self. When the Self is known, everything is known. Not because the Self “knows” objects, but because objects are revealed as the Self. Prakāśate: it illuminates, becomes luminous. It is not illumination from outside; it is self-luminosity recognizing itself. The Yoga Sūtra (I.36) speaks of viśoka vā jyotiṣmatī, the sorrowless state that is luminous. Vāsiṣṭha universalizes this: the entire universe is jyotiṣmat when the Ātman awakens. There is no dark corner, no ignored corner. Awakening is not mystical; it is the viveka that sees cit where before it saw jaḍa, inertness. The sādhaka who “awakens” does not gain powers; they gain vision. They do not control the world; they comprehend it. And in that comprehension, the world is transmuted from a prison into vilāsa.

Jāgrati: awake. But who awakens? Not the universe; the universe is what is illuminated. It is the viśvātman, the Ātman that is the universe, that awakens. This awakening is not temporal; it is ātma-jñāna, knowledge of the self. When the self is known, everything is known. Not because the self “knows” objects, but because objects are revealed as the self.

Prakāśate: it illuminates, it becomes luminous. This is not illumination from without; it is self-luminosity recognizing itself. The Yoga Sūtra (I.36) speaks of viśoka vā jyotiṣmatī, the sorrowless state that is luminous. Vāsiṣṭha universalizes this: the entire universe is jyotiṣmat when the Ātman awakens. There is no dark corner, no ignored corner.

Awakening is not mystical; it is viveka that sees cid (consciousness) where before it saw jaḍa, inertness. The sādhaka who “awakens” does not gain powers; they gain vision. They do not control the world; they comprehend it. And in that comprehension, the world is transmuted from a prison into vilāsa, divine play.