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Shloka 70

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

विस्वरो विस्वरीभावो द्वंद्वानां मुनिसत्तमाः अग्रजः सर्वतत्त्वानां महान्यः परिमाणतः

visvaro visvarībhāvo dvaṃdvānāṃ munisattamāḥ agrajaḥ sarvatattvānāṃ mahānyaḥ parimāṇataḥ

Ô meilleurs des sages, Il est le Seigneur de l’univers et le devenir même de l’univers ; transcendant toutes les paires d’opposés, Il est le Premier-né avant tous les tattva, et bien qu’incommensurable, Il est le Grand (Mahān), la mesure qui soutient toute mesure.

viśvaraḥLord of the universe
viśvaraḥ:
viśvarī-bhāvaḥthe state of becoming the universe / cosmic manifestation
viśvarī-bhāvaḥ:
dvandvānāmof the dualities (pairs of opposites)
dvandvānām:
munisattamāḥO best among sages
munisattamāḥ:
agrajaḥthe first-born / prior to all
agrajaḥ:
sarva-tattvānāmof all principles (tattvas)
sarva-tattvānām:
mahānthe Great One (Mahān, cosmic principle / epithet of Shiva)
mahān:
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
parimāṇataḥwith respect to measure / as the ground of all measurement
parimāṇataḥ:

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)