Shloka 12

Adhyaya 34: भस्ममहात्म्यं—अग्नीषोमात्मक-शिवतत्त्वं तथा पाशुपतव्रतप्रशंसा

Devanagari script

शेषाश्चाश्रमिणः सर्वे पश्चात्सृष्टाः स्वयंभुवा सृष्टिरेषा मया सृष्टा लज्जामोहभयात्मिका

Transliteration

śeṣāścāśramiṇaḥ sarve paścātsṛṣṭāḥ svayaṃbhuvā sṛṣṭireṣā mayā sṛṣṭā lajjāmohabhayātmikā

Translation

Ensuite, tous les autres āśramins (ceux qui sont aptes aux disciplines des āśramas) furent créés par Svayambhū (Brahmā). Cette création, que J’ai fait surgir, est marquée par lajjā (pudeur), moha (égarement) et bhaya (crainte) — les signes mêmes du paśu, l’âme liée, sous l’emprise du pāśa.

Word by Word

• śeṣāḥ: the remaining

• ca: and

• āśramiṇaḥ: those belonging to/fit for the āśramas (brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha, saṃnyāsa)

• sarve: all

• paścāt: afterwards

• sṛṣṭāḥ: were created

• svayaṃbhuvā: by Svayambhū (self-born Brahmā)

• sṛṣṭiḥ: creation

• eṣā: this

• mayā: by me

• sṛṣṭā: created/emanated

• lajjā: modesty/shame

• moha: delusion/ignorance

• bhaya: fear

• ātmikā: having the nature/constituted of

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Brahma’s account of creation within the Linga Purana frame)