Shloka 12

Brahmā’s Enumeration of Primacies (Ādi) and the Supremacy of Knowledge

Jñāna

Devanagari script

अहं प्रजापतीनां च सर्वेषां नात्र संशय: । मम विष्णुरचिन्त्यात्मा स्वयम्भूरिति स स्मृत:,सम्पूर्ण प्रजापतियोंका आदि मैं हूँ, इसमें संशय नहीं है। मेरे आदि अचिन्त्यात्मा भगवान्‌ विष्णु हैं। उन्हींको स्वयम्भू कहते हैं

Transliteration

ahaṃ prajāpatīnāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | mama viṣṇur acintyātmā svayambhūr iti sa smṛtaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “I am the primordial source of all the Prajāpatis—of this there is no doubt. Yet my own origin is Viṣṇu, whose nature is inconceivable; He is remembered as Svayambhū, the Self-existent.”

Word by Word

अहम्I

प्रजापतीनाम्of the Prajapatis (progenitors)

चand

सर्वेषाम्of all

नnot

अत्रhere/in this matter

संशयःdoubt

ममof me/my

विष्णुःVishnu

अचिन्त्यात्माof inconceivable nature/self

स्वयम्भूःself-born, self-existent

इतिthus

सःhe

स्मृतःis remembered/called

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Prajāpatis

Viṣṇu

Svayambhū

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes