Shloka 8

आभ्यन्तरध्यान-तत्त्वगणना-चतुर्व्यूहयोगः

Adhyaya 28

Devanagari script

महांस् तथा त्वहङ्कारं तन्मात्रं पञ्चकं पुनः कर्मेन्द्रियाणि पञ्चैव तथा बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि च

Transliteration

mahāṃs tathā tvahaṅkāraṃ tanmātraṃ pañcakaṃ punaḥ karmendriyāṇi pañcaiva tathā buddhīndriyāṇi ca

Translation

Aus Prakṛti entsteht Mahat, die kosmische Intelligenz, dann Ahaṅkāra, das Prinzip des „Ich“-Gefühls. Daraufhin entstehen erneut die fünf Tanmātras (subtile Elemente), zusammen mit den fünf Handlungsorganen (karmendriyas) und ebenso den fünf Erkenntnisorganen (buddhīndriyas). So entfaltet sich für den paśu das Band der Fessel (paśa), bis es unter dem Herrn (Pati), Śiva, bezwungen wird.

Word by Word

• महान्/महांस्: Mahat, cosmic intellect

• तथा: and/then

• तु: indeed

• अहङ्कारम्: ahaṅkāra, ego-principle/I-sense

• तन्मात्रम्: tanmātra, subtle element

• पञ्चकम्: set of five

• पुनः: again/thereafter

• कर्मेन्द्रियाणि: organs of action (speech, hands, feet, excretion, generation)

• पञ्च: five

• एव: indeed/only

• तथा: likewise

• बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि: organs of knowledge (hearing, touch, sight, taste, smell)

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological teaching within the Linga Purana discourse)