Shloka 52

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

Devanagari script

सूर्यमण्डलवद्दृष्ट्वा वर्णमाद्यं तु दक्षिणे उत्तरे पावकप्रख्यम् उकारं पुरुषर्षभः

Transliteration

sūryamaṇḍalavaddṛṣṭvā varṇamādyaṃ tu dakṣiṇe uttare pāvakaprakhyam ukāraṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ

Translation

それを太陽の円輪のごとく見て、最勝の人はリンガの南に原初の字「ア」を観じ、北には火のように輝く「ウ」を観じた—これはリンガのマントラの姿であり、聖なる音によってパティ（シヴァ）が知られることを示す。

Word by Word

• सूर्यमण्डलवत्: like the solar orb

• दृष्ट्वा: having beheld

• वर्णम्: letter/syllable

• आद्यम्: primordial/first

• तु: indeed

• दक्षिणे: on the southern side

• उत्तरे: on the northern side

• पावकप्रख्यम्: blazing like fire

• उकारम्: the syllable/letter ‘U’

• पुरुषर्षभः: bull among men, best of men

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the inner vision described in the Linga’s manifestation episode)