Shloka 32
Adhyaya 17: लिङ्गोद्भव—ब्रह्मविष्ण्वहङ्कार-शमनं, ओंकार-प्रादुर्भावः, मन्त्र-तत्त्वं च
Devanagari script
आवयोश्चाभवद्युद्धं सुघोरं रोमहर्षणम् प्रलयार्णवमध्ये तु रजसा बद्धवैरयोः
Transliteration
āvayoścābhavadyuddhaṃ sughoraṃ romaharṣaṇam pralayārṇavamadhye tu rajasā baddhavairayoḥ
Translation
Zwischen uns erhob sich ein Kampf, überaus schrecklich und schaudererregend, mitten im Ozean der Auflösung (Pralaya); denn unsere Feindschaft war fest gebunden durch Rajas (die Kraft der Leidenschaft).
Word by Word
āvayoḥbetween us (of the two)
āvayoḥ:
caand
ca:
abhavatarose/occurred
abhavat:
yuddhambattle
yuddham:
su-ghoramexceedingly terrible
su-ghoram:
roma-harṣaṇamcausing horripilation/terror
roma-harṣaṇam:
pralaya-arṇava-madhyein the midst of the ocean of dissolution
pralaya-arṇava-madhye:
tuindeed
tu:
rajasāby rajas (passion, agitation)
rajasā:
baddha-vairayoḥof the two whose hostility was bound/fastened
baddha-vairayoḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating an internal account of the Brahma–Vishnu conflict around the Linga’s manifestation)