Shloka 18

अलिङ्ग-लिङ्ग-निरूपणं तथा प्राकृत-सृष्टिवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

तेनैव चावृतः सम्यग् अहंकारस् तमो ऽधिकः महतो भूततन्मात्रं सर्गकृद्वै बभूव च

Transliteration

tenaiva cāvṛtaḥ samyag ahaṃkāras tamo 'dhikaḥ mahato bhūtatanmātraṃ sargakṛdvai babhūva ca

Translation

সেই (তমস) দ্বাৰা সম্পূৰ্ণ আৱৃত হৈ অহংকাৰ তমোগুণ-প্ৰধান হ’ল। আৰু মহৎৰ পৰা ভূত-তন্মাত্ৰ আৰু সৃষ্টিৰ প্ৰবাহ উৎপন্ন হ’ল—এইদৰে সৃষ্টিক্ৰম স্থাপিত হ’ল।

Word by Word

• तेनैव: by that (very tamas) alone

• च: and

• आवृतः: covered, enveloped

• सम्यक्: completely, properly

• अहंकारः: ego-principle (ahaṃkāra)

• तमोऽधिकः: with tamas predominant, chiefly tamasic

• महतः: from mahat (the Great Principle)

• भूततन्मात्रम्: the subtle essences of the elements (tanmātras) leading to bhūtas

• सर्गकृत्: the maker/agent of creation

• वै: indeed

• बभूव: became, arose

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological sequence as taught in the Linga Purana tradition)