Shloka 43
Adhyaya 23: श्वेत-लोहित-पीत-कृष्ण-विश्व-कल्पेषु रुद्रस्वरूप-गायत्री-तत्त्ववर्णनम्
Devanagari script
तस्माच्च द्विपदाः सर्वे द्विस्तनाश् च नराः शुभाः तस्माच्चेयमजा भूत्वा सर्ववर्णा महेश्वरी
Transliteration
tasmācca dvipadāḥ sarve dvistanāś ca narāḥ śubhāḥ tasmācceyamajā bhūtvā sarvavarṇā maheśvarī
Translation
সেইহেতু সকলো জীৱ দ্বিপদ হ’ল, আৰু নৰসকল শুভ হ’ল—দ্বিস্তন-লক্ষণে যুত। সেইহেতু এই অজা মহেশ্বৰী সৰ্ববৰ্ণৰ মূলকাৰণ হৈ প্ৰকাশ পালে।
Word by Word
tasmāttherefore/from that cause
tasmāt:
caand
ca:
dvipadāḥtwo-footed beings
dvipadāḥ:
sarveall
sarve:
dvistanāḥhaving two breasts
dvistanāḥ:
caand
ca:
narāḥmen/humans
narāḥ:
śubhāḥauspicious/benign
śubhāḥ:
tasmāttherefore
tasmāt:
caand
ca:
iyamthis (goddess)
iyam:
ajāthe Unborn (Shakti)
ajā:
bhūtvāhaving become/manifesting
bhūtvā:
sarvavarṇāof all varṇas, possessing all colors/orders
sarvavarṇā:
maheśvarīMaheshvarī, the supreme Shakti of Maheshvara (Shiva).
maheśvarī:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological account to the sages of Naimisharanya)