Shloka 40

देवादिसृष्टिकथनम् (वसिष्ठशोकः, पराशरजन्म, एकलिङ्गपूजा, रुद्रदर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

आत्मनो यद्धि कथितम् अप्यर्धमिति पण्डितैः तदप्यत्र मृषा ह्यासीद् गतः शक्तिरहं स्थिता

Transliteration

ātmano yaddhi kathitam apyardhamiti paṇḍitaiḥ tadapyatra mṛṣā hyāsīd gataḥ śaktirahaṃ sthitā

Translation

পণ্ডিতসকলে আত্মবৃত্তান্তৰ ‘অৰ্ধ’ বুলি কোৱা কথাও ইয়াত মিছা প্ৰমাণিত হ’ল; কিয়নো শক্তি নাযায়—মই একাই ইয়াত অচল শক্তিৰূপে স্থিত।

Word by Word

• आत्मनः: of the Self

• यत्: which

• हि: indeed

• कथितम्: spoken/declared

• अपि: even

• अर्धम्: half

• इति: thus

• पण्डितैः: by the learned

• तत्: that

• अपि: also

• अत्र: here/in this matter

• मृषा: false/untrue

• हि: certainly

• आसीत्: became/was

• गतः: gone/departed

• शक्तिः: Śakti/power

• अहम्: I

• स्थिता: remain established/abide.

Speaker

Śakti (as the speaking power within the narrative, framed by Sūta’s narration)