Shloka 7

Adhyaya 34: भस्ममहात्म्यं—अग्नीषोमात्मक-शिवतत्त्वं तथा पाशुपतव्रतप्रशंसा

Devanagari script

अहमग्निर्महातेजाः सोमश्चैषा महांबिका अहमग्निश् च सोमश् च प्रकृत्या पुरुषः स्वयम्

Transliteration

ahamagnirmahātejāḥ somaścaiṣā mahāṃbikā ahamagniś ca somaś ca prakṛtyā puruṣaḥ svayam

Translation

মই মহাতেজস্বী অগ্নি, আৰু এই মহাম্বিকা সোম। মই নিজেই অগ্নি আৰু সোম দুয়ো; স্বভাৱত মই স্বয়ং পুৰুষ (পৰম চৈতন্য) ।

Word by Word

• अहम् (aham): I

• अग्निः (agniḥ): Agni, the fire-principle

• महातेजाः (mahā-tejāḥ): possessing great splendor/energy

• सोमः (somaḥ): Soma, the lunar/nectar principle

• च (ca): and

• एषा (eṣā): this (she)

• महांबिका (mahāmbikā): the Great Mother (Shakti)

• अहम् (aham): I

• अग्निः (agniḥ): Agni

• च (ca): and

• सोमः (somaḥ): Soma

• च (ca): and

• प्रकृत्या (prakṛtyā): by nature, inherently (through Prakṛti/own essential power)

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ): Puruṣa, the Supreme Person/Consciousness

• स्वयम् (svayam): Himself, directly

Speaker

Shiva (as the supreme Pati revealing His identity through Agni–Soma polarity)