Shloka 7
Brahmā’s Yogic Vision of Sadyōjāta in the Śvetalohita Kalpa
Devanagari script
सुनन्दो नन्दनश्चैव विश्वनन्दोपनन्दनौ शिष्यास्ते वै महात्मानो यैस्तद्ब्रह्म सदावृतम्
Transliteration
sunando nandanaścaiva viśvanandopanandanau śiṣyāste vai mahātmāno yaistadbrahma sadāvṛtam
Translation
सुनन्द, नन्दन, विश्वनन्द और उपनन्दन—ये ही वे महात्मा शिष्य थे, जिनके द्वारा वह ब्रह्म-तत्त्व (शिव-ज्ञान) सदा आच्छादित, सुरक्षित और संरक्षित रहा।
Word by Word
sunandaḥSunanda (name of a disciple)
sunandaḥ:
nandanaḥNandana (name of a disciple)
nandanaḥ:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
viśvanandaḥViśvananda (name of a disciple)
viśvanandaḥ:
upanandanaḥUpanandana (name of a disciple)
upanandanaḥ:
śiṣyāḥdisciples
śiṣyāḥ:
tethey/those
te:
vaiindeed
vai:
mahātmānaḥgreat-souled, noble ones
mahātmānaḥ:
yaiḥby whom
yaiḥ:
tatthat
tat:
brahmaBrahman / brahma-vidyā (supreme knowledge culminating in Śiva-tattva)
brahma:
sadāalways
sadā:
āvṛtamcovered over / safeguarded / kept intact (i.e., preserved from loss and corruption)
āvṛtam:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)