Shloka 20

Adhyaya 22 — शिवानुग्रहः, ब्रह्मतपः, एकादशरुद्राः तथा प्राणतत्त्वम्

Devanagari script

प्रकीर्णकेशाः सर्पास्ते प्रादुर्भूता महाविषाः सर्पांस्तानग्रजान्दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मात्मानम् अनिन्दयत्

Transliteration

prakīrṇakeśāḥ sarpāste prādurbhūtā mahāviṣāḥ sarpāṃstānagrajāndṛṣṭvā brahmātmānam anindayat

Translation

Jene Schlangen—mit wirrem Haar und überaus gewaltigem Gift—traten hervor. Als Brahmā diese früher geborenen, älteren Schlangen sah, tadelte er sich nicht, sondern blieb fest im eigenen Selbst (Ātman).

Word by Word

• प्रकीर्णकेशाः: with dishevelled/scattered hair

• सर्पाः: serpents

• ते: those

• प्रादुर्भूताः: manifested/appeared

• महाविषाः: of great venom

• सर्पान्: the serpents

• तान्: those

• अग्रजान्: elder-born/first-produced

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā

• आत्मानम्: himself/one’s own self

• अनिन्दयत्: did not blame/did not censure

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purva-Bhaga creation sequence to the sages, with Brahmā as the acting figure in the episode)