Shloka 33

अलिङ्ग-लिङ्ग-निरूपणं तथा प्राकृत-सृष्टिवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

सप्ताण्डावरणान्याहुस् तस्यात्मा कमलासनः कोटिकोटियुतान्यत्र चाण्डानि कथितानि तु

Transliteration

saptāṇḍāvaraṇānyāhus tasyātmā kamalāsanaḥ koṭikoṭiyutānyatra cāṇḍāni kathitāni tu

Translation

Man sagt, jedes kosmische Ei (aṇḍa) sei von sieben Hüllen umgeben; in ihm ist das Selbst (das waltende Prinzip) der Lotos-Sitzende (Brahmā). Hier wird auch verkündet, dass es kosmische Eier in Krores über Krores gibt.

Word by Word

• सप्त: seven

• अण्ड-आवरणानि: coverings/envelopes of the cosmic egg

• आहुः: they say/declare

• तस्य: of that (cosmic egg/cosmos)

• आत्मा: Self, inner presiding principle

• कमलासनः: the Lotus-seated (Brahmā)

• कोटि-कोटि-युतानि: joined with crores upon crores, innumerable

• अत्र: here/in this teaching

• च अण्डानि: and (many) cosmic eggs

• कथितानि: are said/are described

• तु: indeed/also

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmology of the Linga Purana to the Sages of Naimisharanya)