Shloka 31

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

Devanagari script

आकाशादीनि भूतानि भौतिकानि च लीलया इत्युक्तवति तस्मिंश् च मयि चापि वचस् तथा

Transliteration

ākāśādīni bhūtāni bhautikāni ca līlayā ityuktavati tasmiṃś ca mayi cāpi vacas tathā

Translation

彼が、虚空（ākāśa）に始まる諸元素とその所産は、ただ神の戯れ（リ―ラー）として現れるのだと、戯れのごとく宣したとき、その言葉は彼においても、また我においても真実であった。

Word by Word

• आकाशादीनि: beginning with ether (ākāśa)

• भूतानि: the (gross) elements / beings

• भौतिकानि: material, elemental products

• च: and

• लीलया: as divine play, sport (līlā)

• इति: thus

• उक्तवति: when (he) said/declared

• तस्मिन्: in him / in that one

• च: and

• मयि: in me

• चापि: and also

• वचः: speech, statement, words

• तथा: likewise, in the same way, truly

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating; reporting an internal statement within the Linga manifestation narrative)