Shloka 93

Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्

Devanagari script

एकधा स द्विधा चैव त्रिधा च बहुधा पुनः महेश्वरः शरीराणि करोति विकरोति च

Transliteration

ekadhā sa dvidhā caiva tridhā ca bahudhā punaḥ maheśvaraḥ śarīrāṇi karoti vikaroti ca

Translation

Er ist einer, und doch wird er zwei, ja drei, und wiederum vielfach. Mahēśvara formt die Körper und wandelt sie auch—durch seine Herrschaft als Pati; die gebundenen Seelen (paśu) erfahren jene Gestalten unter der Macht von pāśa.

Word by Word

• ekadhā: as one (in a single mode)

• saḥ: he (that Lord)

• dvidhā: as twofold

• ca eva: and indeed

• tridhā: as threefold

• ca: and

• bahudhā: as many kinds

• punaḥ: again, repeatedly

• maheśvaraḥ: Maheshvara, the Great Lord (Pati)

• śarīrāṇi: bodies, embodied forms

• karoti: makes, brings forth

• vikaroti: alters, diversifies, transforms

• ca: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)