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Adhyaya 34: भस्ममहात्म्यं—अग्नीषोमात्मक-शिवतत्त्वं तथा पाशुपतव्रतप्रशंसा

Devanagari script

कृतमेतद्वहत्यग्निर् भूयो लोकसमाश्रयात् असकृत्त्वग्निना दग्धं जगत् स्थावरजङ्गमम्

Transliteration

kṛtametadvahatyagnir bhūyo lokasamāśrayāt asakṛttvagninā dagdhaṃ jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam

Translation

সেই কাৰ্য সম্পন্ন হ’লে অগ্নি পুনৰ লোকসমূহক আশ্ৰয় কৰি জ্বলি উঠে; আৰু সেই অগ্নিয়েই বাৰে বাৰে সমগ্ৰ জগত—স্থাবৰ আৰু জংগম—দগ্ধ কৰে।

Word by Word

• कृतम्: having been done/accomplished

• एतत्: this (act/event)

• वहति: carries/bears/sets in motion

• अग्निः: fire (Agni)

• भूयः: again, once more

• लोक-समाश्रयात्: by resorting to/depending upon the worlds (as its locus)

• असकृत्: repeatedly, many times

• तु: indeed/and

• अग्निना: by fire

• दग्धम्: burned, consumed

• जगत्: the world/universe

• स्थावर: immovable beings (plants, mountains, etc.)

• जङ्गमम्: moving beings (animals, humans, etc.)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)