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Shloka 32

Adhyaya 17: लिङ्गोद्भव—ब्रह्मविष्ण्वहङ्कार-शमनं, ओंकार-प्रादुर्भावः, मन्त्र-तत्त्वं च

आवयोश्चाभवद्युद्धं सुघोरं रोमहर्षणम् प्रलयार्णवमध्ये तु रजसा बद्धवैरयोः

āvayoścābhavadyuddhaṃ sughoraṃ romaharṣaṇam pralayārṇavamadhye tu rajasā baddhavairayoḥ

फिर हमारे बीच अत्यन्त घोर, रोमांचकारी युद्ध हुआ—प्रलय-समुद्र के मध्य—क्योंकि रजोगुण से हमारी वैर-ग्रंथि दृढ़ बँध गई थी।

āvayoḥbetween us (of the two)
āvayoḥ:
caand
ca:
abhavatarose/occurred
abhavat:
yuddhambattle
yuddham:
su-ghoramexceedingly terrible
su-ghoram:
roma-harṣaṇamcausing horripilation/terror
roma-harṣaṇam:
pralaya-arṇava-madhyein the midst of the ocean of dissolution
pralaya-arṇava-madhye:
tuindeed
tu:
rajasāby rajas (passion, agitation)
rajasā:
baddha-vairayoḥof the two whose hostility was bound/fastened
baddha-vairayoḥ:

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal account of the Brahma–Vishnu conflict around the Linga’s manifestation)