Shloka 50

अविद्या-पञ्चक, नवसर्ग-क्रमः, प्रजापति-प्रसवः

Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 5

Devanagari script

यश्चाभिमानी भगवान् भवात्मा पैतामहो वह्निरसुः प्रजानाम् स्वाहा च तस्मात्सुषुवे सुतानां त्रयं त्रयाणां जगतां हिताय

Transliteration

yaścābhimānī bhagavān bhavātmā paitāmaho vahnirasuḥ prajānām svāhā ca tasmātsuṣuve sutānāṃ trayaṃ trayāṇāṃ jagatāṃ hitāya

Translation

Et ce Seigneur qui préside—conscient de Lui-même (abhimānī), de la nature de Bhava (Śiva), Feu ancestral (Vahni) et souffle vital des êtres—par Svāhā engendra trois fils, pour le bien des trois mondes.

Word by Word

• यः (yaḥ): who

• च (ca): and

• अभिमानी (abhimānī): presiding, self-identifying principle

• भगवान् (bhagavān): the Lord, the glorious one

• भवात्मा (bhavātmā): whose essence is Bhava (Śiva-natured)

• पैतामहः (paitāmahaḥ): ancestral, belonging to the Pitāmaha (Brahmā’s line)

• वह्निः (vahniḥ): Fire, Agni

• असुः (asuḥ): life-breath, vital principle

• प्रजानाम् (prajānām): of creatures/progeny

• स्वाहा (svāhā): Svāhā (Agni’s consort

• च (ca): and

• तस्मात् (tasmāt): from him

• सुषुवे (suṣuve): gave birth, produced

• सुतानाम् (sutānām): sons

• त्रयम् (trayam): three

• त्रयाणाम् (trayāṇām): of the three

• जगताम् (jagatām): worlds

• हिताय (hitāya): for the good/welfare.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the creation account to the sages of Naimisharanya)