Shloka 68

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

Devanagari script

तस्याण्डस्य शुभं हैमं कपालं चोर्ध्वसंस्थितम् जज्ञे यद्द्यौस्तदपरं पृथिवी पञ्चलक्षणा

Transliteration

tasyāṇḍasya śubhaṃ haimaṃ kapālaṃ cordhvasaṃsthitam jajñe yaddyaustadaparaṃ pṛthivī pañcalakṣaṇā

Translation

その宇宙卵から、吉祥なる黄金の上殻が上方に現れて天（ディヤウḥ）となり、他の部分からは五つの相を備えた地が生まれた。かくして諸世界はパティ（シヴァ）の法令のもと秩序正しく顕れ、のちにパシュ（魂）は自らのパーシャ（束縛）に応じてそれらを経験する。

Word by Word

• tasya: of that

• aṇḍasya: cosmic egg

• śubham: auspicious

• haimam: golden

• kapālam: shell/skull-like casing

• ca: and

• ūrdhva-saṃsthitam: situated above/upper

• jajñe: was born/arose

• yat: which

• dyauḥ: heaven/sky

• tat: that

• aparam: the other (part)

• pṛthivī: earth

• pañca-lakṣaṇā: possessing five characteristics/marks

Speaker

Suta Goswami