Shloka 49

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

Devanagari script

तदा समभवत्तत्र नादो वै शब्दलक्षणः ओमोमिति सुरश्रेष्ठाः सुव्यक्तः प्लुतलक्षणः

Transliteration

tadā samabhavattatra nādo vai śabdalakṣaṇaḥ omomiti suraśreṣṭhāḥ suvyaktaḥ plutalakṣaṇaḥ

Translation

そのとき、その場において、シャブダを本性とする原初のナーダ（音）が起こった。天の中の最勝者たちは、それを「オーム、オーム」と長く響きわたる明瞭な発声として聞き取り、至上のパティ（シヴァ）を指し示す種子音であると悟った。

Word by Word

• तदा: then

• समभवत्: arose/came into being

• तत्र: there/in that place

• नादः: primordial resonance (nāda)

• वै: indeed

• शब्द-लक्षणः: having the characteristic/nature of sound (śabda)

• ओम् ओम् इति: as “Oṁ, Oṁ”

• सुर-श्रेष्ठाः: the best of the gods/Devas

• सु-व्यक्तः: clearly manifest, distinctly perceived

• प्लुत-लक्षणः: marked by prolation/elongated intonation (pluta)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga’s manifestation to the sages of Naimisharanya)