Shloka 5

एकार्णव-सृष्टिक्रमः, ब्रह्म-विष्णु-परस्परप्रवेशः, शिवस्य आगमनं च

Devanagari script

किमप्यचिन्त्यं योगात्मा योगमास्थाय योगवित् फणासहस्रकलितं तमप्रतिमवर्चसम्

Transliteration

kimapyacintyaṃ yogātmā yogamāsthāya yogavit phaṇāsahasrakalitaṃ tamapratimavarcasam

Translation

In yogischer Versenkung schaute der Kenner des Yoga eine völlig unvorstellbare Gestalt—vom Yoga beseelt—geschmückt mit tausend Schlangenhauben, deren Glanz ohnegleichen war.

Word by Word

• kim api: something

• acintyam: inconceivable, beyond thought

• yogātmā: whose essence is Yoga / Yoga-ensouled

• yogam āsthāya: having entered into yogic concentration

• yogavit: a knower of Yoga

• phaṇā-sahasra: a thousand serpent-hoods

• kalitam: adorned, furnished with

• tam: him/that (form/person)

• apratima: incomparable

• varcasam: radiance, splendor

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purva-Bhaga narrative to the sages of Naimisharanya)