Shloka 38
एकार्णव-सृष्टिक्रमः, ब्रह्म-विष्णु-परस्परप्रवेशः, शिवस्य आगमनं च
Devanagari script
एतन्मे संशयं ब्रूहि किं वा त्वन्यच्चिकीर्षसि एतदेवंविधं वाक्यं पितामहमुखोद्गतम्
Transliteration
etanme saṃśayaṃ brūhi kiṃ vā tvanyaccikīrṣasi etadevaṃvidhaṃ vākyaṃ pitāmahamukhodgatam
Translation
मेरे इस संशय का समाधान करो—और तुम और क्या करना चाहते हो? क्योंकि ऐसा वचन पितामह (ब्रह्मा) के मुख से निकला है।
Word by Word
etatthis
etat:
meof me/mine
me:
saṃśayamdoubt
saṃśayam:
brūhitell (me), explain
brūhi:
kim vāor what/what indeed
kim vā:
tvamyou
tvam:
anyatsomething else
anyat:
cikīrṣasiyou wish to do/intend to accomplish
cikīrṣasi:
etatthis
etat:
evaṃ-vidhamof this kind/such
evaṃ-vidham:
vākyamstatement/utterance
vākyam:
pitāmahathe Grandsire (Brahmā)
pitāmaha:
mukha-udgatamarisen/uttered from (his) mouth
mukha-udgatam:
Speaker
Suta (narrating an internal dialogue; the immediate speaker is a respondent addressing another figure about Brahma’s words)