Shloka 19

Adhyaya 23: श्वेत-लोहित-पीत-कृष्ण-विश्व-कल्पेषु रुद्रस्वरूप-गायत्री-तत्त्ववर्णनम्

Devanagari script

मत्कृतेन च वर्णेन संकल्पः कृष्ण उच्यते तत्राहं कालसंकाशः कालो लोकप्रकालकः

Transliteration

matkṛtena ca varṇena saṃkalpaḥ kṛṣṇa ucyate tatrāhaṃ kālasaṃkāśaḥ kālo lokaprakālakaḥ

Translation

মোৰ দ্বাৰা উচ্চাৰিত বৰ্ণ-ৰূপে যি সংকল্প নিৰ্ধাৰিত হয়, তাক ‘কৃষ্ণ’ বুলি কোৱা হয়; তাত মই কালসদৃশ—মই নিজেই কাল, যিয়ে লোকসমূহক মাপি আগবঢ়ায়।

Word by Word

• मत्कृतेन: made/produced by me

• च: and

• वर्णेन: by the syllable/letter/sound

• संकल्पः: volition, resolve, determinative will

• कृष्णः: ‘Kṛṣṇa’ (the dark one

• उच्यते: is said/called

• तत्र: there/in that

• अहम्: I

• कालसंकाशः: having the appearance/semblance of Time

• कालः: Time

• लोकप्रकालकः: the measurer/impeller/arranger of the worlds

Speaker

Suta (narrating Shiva’s doctrine of Time as Pati)