Shloka 6

Devanagari script

अदित्या: सप्तधा त्वं तु पुराणो गर्भतां गत: । पृश्चिगर्भस्त्वमेवैकस्त्रियुगं त्वां वदन्त्यपि,“आप पुराणपुरुष परमात्माने ही सात प्रकारसे अदितिके गर्भमें अवतार लिया है। आप ही पृश्चिगर्भके नामसे प्रसिद्ध हैं। विद्वानूलोग तीनों युगोंमें प्रकट होनेके कारण आपको “तत्रियुग” कहते हैं

Transliteration

adityāḥ saptadhā tvaṃ tu purāṇo garbhatāṃ gataḥ | pṛścigarbhas tvam evaikas triyugaṃ tvāṃ vadanty api ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana sprach: „Du, der uralte Herr, gingst in sieben verschiedenen Gestalten in Aditis Schoß ein. Du allein bist als Pṛścigarbha berühmt; und weil du dich durch die drei Zeitalter hindurch offenbarst, nennen die Gelehrten dich auch ‘Triyuga’.“

Word by Word

अदित्याःof Aditi

सप्तधाsevenfold, in seven ways

त्वम्you

तुbut/indeed

पुराणःancient, primeval

गर्भताम्the state of being in the womb (embryonic state)

गतःgone/entered (having attained)

पृश्चिगर्भःPṛści-garbha (one who was in Pṛści’s womb)

त्वम्you

एवindeed, only

एकःone, single

त्रियुगम्Triyuga (the one connected with three yugas)

त्वाम्you

वदन्तिthey call/say

अपिalso, even

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Aditi

Pṛścigarbha

Triyuga

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the Lord’s transcendence and compassionate accessibility: the primordial reality can assume multiple forms and names for the welfare and understanding of beings across different ages. Recognizing these epithets is a way of acknowledging divine continuity through time.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana is describing the addressed deity as having taken birth/manifestation through Aditi in sevenfold fashion, identifying him with the epithet Pṛścigarbha, and noting that learned people call him Triyuga because of his appearance across the three yugas.