Shloka 36
Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्
Devanagari script
संघातो जायते तस्मात् तस्य गन्धो गुणो मतः तस्मिंस्तस्मिंश् च तन्मात्रं तेन तन्मात्रता स्मृता
Transliteration
saṃghāto jāyate tasmāt tasya gandho guṇo mataḥ tasmiṃstasmiṃś ca tanmātraṃ tena tanmātratā smṛtā
Translation
उस सूक्ष्म तत्त्व से स्थूल संघात उत्पन्न होता है; उसका विशेष गुण ‘गन्ध’ माना गया है। प्रत्येक भूत में उसका-उसका तन्मात्र निहित रहता है; इसलिए उसे तन्मात्र-भाव से युक्त कहा गया है।
Word by Word
saṃghātaḥcomposite aggregation (gross formation)
saṃghātaḥ:
jāyateis produced/arises
jāyate:
tasmātfrom that (cause)
tasmāt:
tasyaof it
tasya:
gandhaḥsmell
gandhaḥ:
guṇaḥquality/attribute
guṇaḥ:
mataḥis considered/held
mataḥ:
tasmiṃs tasmiṃś cain each and every (such element)
tasmiṃs tasmiṃś ca:
tanmātramthe subtle essence (subtle element)
tanmātram:
tenatherefore/by that
tena:
tanmātratāthe condition of being a tanmātra (subtle-element nature)
tanmātratā:
smṛtāis remembered/declared in tradition.
smṛtā:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the tattva-srishti teaching within the Linga Purana’s Shaiva cosmology)