Shloka 8

अघोरस्य प्रादुर्भावः कुमारकचतुष्टयं च योगमार्गः

Devanagari script

अघोरं तु ततो ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मरूपं व्यचिन्तयत् तथा वै ध्यायमानस्य ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः

Transliteration

aghoraṃ tu tato brahmā brahmarūpaṃ vyacintayat tathā vai dhyāyamānasya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ

Translation

Then Brahmā contemplated the Aghora—Shiva’s non-terrific, auspicious principle—as the very form of Brahman. Thus, while Parameṣṭhin Brahmā remained absorbed in meditation, his awareness settled into that supreme reality beyond fear and bondage.

Word by Word

• अघोरम्: Aghora (the non-fierce, auspicious aspect of Shiva)

• तु: indeed/then

• ततः: thereafter

• ब्रह्मा: Brahma

• ब्रह्मरूपम्: as the form of Brahman/the absolute

• व्यचिन्तयत्: contemplated/considered

• तथा: thus

• वै: verily

• ध्यायमानस्य: of one meditating/while meditating

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahma

• परमेष्ठिनः: of Parameṣṭhin (the supreme lord among created beings)

Speaker

Suta (narrating Brahma’s inner contemplation)