Shloka 49
Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्
Devanagari script
विशेषाश्चेन्द्रियग्राह्या नियतत्वाच्च ते स्मृताः गुणं पूर्वस्य सर्गस्य प्राप्नुवन्त्युत्तरोत्तराः
Transliteration
viśeṣāścendriyagrāhyā niyatatvācca te smṛtāḥ guṇaṃ pūrvasya sargasya prāpnuvantyuttarottarāḥ
Translation
ये विशेष इन्द्रियों से ग्राह्य हैं, इसलिए नियत (निर्धारित) कहे गए हैं। सृष्टि के क्रम में उत्तर-उत्तर सर्ग, पूर्व सर्ग के गुण को प्राप्त करते जाते हैं।
Word by Word
viśeṣāḥparticular characteristics, specific differentiations
viśeṣāḥ:
caand
ca:
indriya-grāhyāḥgrasped by the senses
indriya-grāhyāḥ:
niyatatvātbecause of determinateness/definiteness
niyatatvāt:
caand
ca:
tethey
te:
smṛtāḥare remembered/declared
smṛtāḥ:
guṇamthe quality/attribute
guṇam:
pūrvasyaof the prior/previous
pūrvasya:
sargasyacreation/emission
sargasya:
prāpnuvantiattain/come to have
prāpnuvanti:
uttarottarāḥthe later and later (successive stages)
uttarottarāḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological teaching as received in the Purana)