Shloka 52

प्रलय-तत्त्वलयः, नीललोहित-रुद्रः, अष्टमूर्तिस्तवः, एवं ब्रह्मणो वैराग्यम्

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वा वचस्ततस्तस्य स्वप्नभूतं मनोगतम् पितामहः प्रसन्नात्मा नेत्रैः फुल्लाम्बुजप्रभैः

Transliteration

śrutvā vacastatastasya svapnabhūtaṃ manogatam pitāmahaḥ prasannātmā netraiḥ phullāmbujaprabhaiḥ

Translation

Als er jene Worte vernahm—wie aus einem Traum entsprungen und doch dem Geist eingeprägt—wurde Pitāmaha (Brahmā) innerlich heiter und blickte mit Augen, die wie voll erblühte Lotosse strahlten.

Word by Word

• श्रुत्वा: having heard

• वचः: the words/speech

• ततः: then/thereupon

• तस्य: of him/of that (person/message)

• स्वप्नभूतम्: appearing as a dream, dream-like

• मनोगतम्: entered into the mind, mentally apprehended

• पितामहः: the Grandfather, Brahmā

• प्रसन्नात्मा: tranquil in spirit, inwardly pleased

• नेत्रैः: with (his) eyes

• फुल्ल: fully blossomed

• अम्बुज: lotus

• प्रभैः: with radiance/splendour

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating), describing Brahma