Shloka 30

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

Devanagari script

सृष्टा बुद्धिर्मया तस्याम् अहङ्कारस्त्रिधा ततः तन्मात्रापञ्चकं तस्मान् मनः षष्ठेन्द्रियाणि च

Transliteration

sṛṣṭā buddhirmayā tasyām ahaṅkārastridhā tataḥ tanmātrāpañcakaṃ tasmān manaḥ ṣaṣṭhendriyāṇi ca

Translation

その根本原理より、我はブッディ（ बुद्धि・知性）を生じさせた。ブッディの内に、ついでアハンカーラ（ अहंकार・我執）が三種の相として起こった。その三重のアハンカーラから五つのタンマートラ（ तन्मात्र・微細要素）が生じ、またそこからマナス（ मनस्・意）と六つの感官の力も現れた。

Word by Word

• सृष्टा: created/emanated

• बुद्धिः: intellect (buddhi-tattva)

• मया: by me (the Lord as Pati, the causal source)

• तस्याम्: in that (in buddhi / in that principle)

• अहङ्कारः: ego-principle (ahaṅkāra-tattva)

• त्रिधा: threefold (sāttvika/taijasa/tāmasa)

• ततः: then/thereafter

• तन्मात्रापञ्चकम्: the five subtle elements (sound, touch, form, taste, smell)

• तस्मात्: from that

• मनः: mind (manas)

• षष्ठेन्द्रियाणि: the six indriyas/sense-powers (mind counted as sixth / or the set including manas)

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the creation sequence as taught in the Linga Purana)