Shloka 139

Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्

Devanagari script

ससर्ज सृष्टिं तद्रूपां कल्पादिषु यथापुरा तस्याभिध्यायतः सर्गं तथा वै बुद्धिपूर्वकम्

Transliteration

sasarja sṛṣṭiṃ tadrūpāṃ kalpādiṣu yathāpurā tasyābhidhyāyataḥ sargaṃ tathā vai buddhipūrvakam

Translation

Il projeta la création sous cette même forme, comme auparavant, aux commencements des kalpa. Et tandis qu’il méditait sur l’émanation, celle-ci se déploya ainsi, précédée par l’Intelligence (buddhi) : manifestation ordonnée née d’une intention intérieure, sous le Seigneur (Pati).

Word by Word

• ससर्ज: he created/projection-emitted

• सृष्टिम्: creation

• तद्रूपाम्: of that same form/according to that pattern

• कल्पादिषु: at the beginnings of the kalpas (aeons)

• यथापुरा: just as formerly

• तस्य: of him/for him

• अभिध्यायतः: while contemplating/meditating

• सर्गम्: the emanation/creative process

• तथा वै: even so/indeed

• बुद्धिपूर्वकम्: preceded by buddhi (intelligence), with intentional order

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological account as received in the Linga Purana tradition)