Shloka 12

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

Devanagari script

हिरण्यगर्भो रजसा तमसा शङ्करः स्वयम् सत्त्वेन सर्वगो विष्णुः सर्वात्मत्वे महेश्वरः

Transliteration

hiraṇyagarbho rajasā tamasā śaṅkaraḥ svayam sattvena sarvago viṣṇuḥ sarvātmatve maheśvaraḥ

Translation

ラジャスにおいては彼はヒラニヤガルバ（宇宙の創造者）となり、タマスにおいては彼こそがシャンカラそのもの。サットヴァにおいてはヴィシュヌとして万有に遍満し、そして一切の自己としての位においては、彼はマヘーシュヴァラ――三つのグナを超えた至上のパティである。

Word by Word

• हिरण्यगर्भः: Hiraṇyagarbha, the cosmic creator-principle

• रजसा: by rajas (the activating quality)

• तमसा: by tamas (the veiling quality)

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara, the beneficent Lord (Shiva)

• स्वयम्: Himself, directly

• सत्त्वेन: by sattva (the illumining quality)

• सर्वगः: all-pervading

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu, the preserver-pervader

• सर्वात्मत्वे: in the condition of being the Self of all

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara, the Supreme Lord (Pati)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the doctrine of the Linga’s supreme Lordship within the creation narrative)