Shloka 4

अविद्या-पञ्चक, नवसर्ग-क्रमः, प्रजापति-प्रसवः

Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 5

Devanagari script

अभ्यमन्यत सो ऽन्यं वै नगा मुख्योद्भवाः स्मृताः त्रिधा कण्ठो मुनेस्तस्य ध्यायतो वै ह्यवर्तत

Transliteration

abhyamanyata so 'nyaṃ vai nagā mukhyodbhavāḥ smṛtāḥ tridhā kaṇṭho munestasya dhyāyato vai hyavartata

Translation

Darauf fasste Er einen weiteren Entschluss. Aus jener Versenkung gingen die erhabensten Berge hervor, so wird es überliefert. Und während jener Weise weiter meditierte, offenbarte sich die Region seiner Kehle in dreifacher Gestalt, sich entfaltend gemäß seiner inneren Schau.

Word by Word

• अभ्यमन्यत: he conceived/considered

• सः: he

• अन्यं: another (thought/intent)

• वै: indeed

• नगा: mountains

• मुख्य-उद्भवाः: foremost-originated / chief productions

• स्मृताः: are remembered/recorded

• त्रिधा: threefold

• कण्ठः: throat/neck-region

• मुनेः: of the sage

• तस्य: of him

• ध्यायतः: while meditating

• वै: indeed

• हि: surely

• अवर्तत: came to be/manifested/unfolded

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the creation sequence to the sages, with the inner subject being Brahma as the meditating sage)