Shloka 8

अलिङ्ग-लिङ्ग-निरूपणं तथा प्राकृत-सृष्टिवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

यथावत्कथिताश्चैव तस्माद्ब्रह्म स्वयं जगत् अलिङ्गी भगवान् बीजी स एव परमेश्वरः

Transliteration

yathāvatkathitāścaiva tasmādbrahma svayaṃ jagat aliṅgī bhagavān bījī sa eva parameśvaraḥ

Translation

So, wie es recht verkündet wurde, wird eben dieses Brahman selbst zum Universum. Der selige Herr—als „Samen“ die Ursache tragend und doch Aliṅga (ohne Zeichen)—Er allein ist Parameśvara, der Pati jenseits aller Bindung.

Word by Word

• यथावत्: rightly, in due manner

• कथिताः: declared, spoken

• च एव: and indeed

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that principle

• ब्रह्म: Brahman, the Absolute

• स्वयं: itself, by its own power

• जगत्: the world, cosmos

• अलिङ्गी: without a mark/sign, beyond attributes

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord

• बीजी: seed-bearing, the causal seed/source

• सः एव: He alone

• परमेश्वरः: Supreme Lord, Parameśvara (Pati).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teaching to the Sages at Naimisharanya)