Shloka 7

ईशानकल्पवृत्तान्तः तथा लैङ्गपुराणस्य संक्षेप-सूची

Devanagari script

अण्डोद्भवत्वं शर्वस्य रजोगुणसमाश्रयात् विष्णुत्वं कालरुद्रत्वं शयनं चाप्सु तस्य च

Transliteration

aṇḍodbhavatvaṃ śarvasya rajoguṇasamāśrayāt viṣṇutvaṃ kālarudratvaṃ śayanaṃ cāpsu tasya ca

Translation

ৰজোগুণৰ আশ্ৰয় ল’লে শৰ্ব (শিৱ) অণ্ডোদ্ভৱত্ব ধাৰণ কৰে; সেই একে দিব্য লীলাত তেওঁ বিষ্ণুত্ব, কালৰুদ্ৰৰূপ আৰু জলত শয়নৰ ভংগীও গ্ৰহণ কৰে।

Word by Word

• अण्डोद्भवत्वम्: emergence from the cosmic egg

• शर्वस्य: of Śarva (Śiva)

• रजोगुण-समाश्रयात्: by taking refuge in the rajo-guṇa (quality of activity)

• विष्णुत्वम्: the state/form of Viṣṇu (preserving function)

• कालरुद्रत्वम्: the state/form of Kāla-Rudra (time-as-destroyer)

• शयनम्: reclining, resting posture

• च: and

• अप्सु: in the waters

• तस्य: of him (Śiva)

• च: also

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological doctrine to the sages of Naimisharanya)