Shloka 11

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

आस्थाय योगपर्यङ्कशयने तोयमध्यगः तन्नाभिपङ्कजाज्जातः पञ्चवक्त्रः पितामहः

Transliteration

āsthāya yogaparyaṅkaśayane toyamadhyagaḥ tannābhipaṅkajājjātaḥ pañcavaktraḥ pitāmahaḥ

Translation

Demeurant sur la couche du yoga au milieu des eaux cosmiques, du lotus de Son nombril naquit l’Aïeul Brahmā, celui aux cinq visages.

Word by Word

• आस्थाय: having taken refuge/abiding

• योग-पर्यङ्क-शयने: on the yogic couch-bed (yoga-posture of repose)

• तोय-मध्य-गः: situated in the midst of the waters

• तत्-नाभि-पङ्कजात्: from that (His) navel-lotus

• जातः: was born

• पञ्च-वक्त्रः: five-faced

• पितामहः: the Grandsire (Brahmā)

Speaker

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