Shloka 50

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

Devanagari script

किमिदं त्विति संचिन्त्य मया तिष्ठन्महास्वनम् लिङ्गस्य दक्षिणे भागे तदापश्यत्सनातनम्

Transliteration

kimidaṃ tviti saṃcintya mayā tiṣṭhanmahāsvanam liṅgasya dakṣiṇe bhāge tadāpaśyatsanātanam

Translation

「これはいったい何であろう」と思いめぐらし、私は立ち尽くしてその大いなる轟きを聴いた。するとリンガの南の側に、永遠なる御方—パティ（シヴァ）、無始にして朽ちることを超えた実在を拝した。

Word by Word

• kim: what

• idam: this

• tu: indeed

• iti: thus

• saṃcintya: having reflected/thought

• mayā: by me

• tiṣṭhan: standing

• mahā-svanam: the great sound/reverberation

• liṅgasya: of the Linga

• dakṣiṇe bhāge: on the southern portion/side

• tadā: then

• apaśyat: (I) saw

• sanātanam: the Eternal/Ancient One (Shiva as Pati).

Speaker

Brahma (within Suta's narration)