Shloka 57

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

Devanagari script

वेदशब्देभ्य एवेशं विश्वात्मानमचिन्तयत् तदाभवदृषिर्वेद ऋषेः सारतमं शुभम्

Transliteration

vedaśabdebhya eveśaṃ viśvātmānamacintayat tadābhavadṛṣirveda ṛṣeḥ sāratamaṃ śubham

Translation

ヴェーダの音そのものから、聖仙はイーシャ（Īśa）—宇宙の内なる自己たるシヴァ（Śiva）を観想した。するとその観想より、ヴェーダ自体が一人のリシ（Ṛṣi）として顕れ、聖仙にとって最上にして吉祥なる精髄となった。

Word by Word

• वेदशब्देभ्यः: from the Vedic sounds/utterances

• एव: indeed, alone

• ईशम्: the Lord (Īśa, Shiva)

• विश्वात्मानम्: the Universal Self, the indwelling Atman of all

• अचिन्तयत्: he contemplated/meditated upon

• तदा: then

• अभवत्: became/manifested

• ऋषिः: a seer, rishi

• वेदः: the Veda (as revealed knowledge)

• ऋषेः: of the sage

• सारतमम्: the most essential/excellent essence

• शुभम्: auspicious, holy.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purva-Bhaga account to the sages of Naimisharanya)