Shloka 15
Adhyaya 73 — त्रिपुरदाहे ब्रह्मस्तवः
Brahmā’s Hymn in the Context of Tripura’s Burning
Devanagari script
गुणत्रयं चतुर्धाख्यम् अहङ्कारं च सुव्रताः तन्मात्राणि च भूतानि तथा बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि च
Transliteration
guṇatrayaṃ caturdhākhyam ahaṅkāraṃ ca suvratāḥ tanmātrāṇi ca bhūtāni tathā buddhīndriyāṇi ca
Translation
Ô vous aux vœux nobles, de Prakṛti naissent les trois guṇa ; l’ahaṅkāra aux quatre aspects ; les tanmātra et les bhūta ; ainsi que les organes de connaissance et d’action. Ainsi l’ordre manifesté est énuméré comme le champ du pāśa, où se meut le paśu, jusqu’à ce que le Seigneur, Pati—Śiva—le délivre.
Word by Word
गुणत्रयम्the triad of guṇas (sattva–rajas–tamas)
गुणत्रयम्:
चतुर्धा-आख्यम्described as fourfold
चतुर्धा-आख्यम्:
अहङ्कारम्ego-principle (ahaṅkāra)
अहङ्कारम्:
चand
च:
सुव्रताःO you who are of good vows / disciplined ones
सुव्रताः:
तन्मात्राणिsubtle elements (sound, touch, form, taste, smell)
तन्मात्राणि:
चand
च:
भूतानिgross elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether)
भूतानि:
तथाlikewise
तथा:
बुद्धीन्द्रियाणिcognitive organs / organs of knowing (jñānendriyas)
बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि:
चand
च:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya, summarizing the cosmological tattvas in the Linga Purana’s Shaiva framework)