Shloka 87

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

Devanagari script

त्रयोदशकलायुक्तं बालाद्यैः सह लोहितम् सामोद्भवं जगत्याद्यं वृद्धिसंहारकारणम्

Transliteration

trayodaśakalāyuktaṃ bālādyaiḥ saha lohitam sāmodbhavaṃ jagatyādyaṃ vṛddhisaṃhārakāraṇam

Translation

十三のカラーを具え、バ―ラ（幼少）などの諸相を伴い、赤く輝く。自ら現れ出た（スヴァヤンブー）宇宙の根源原理は、増大と収束・融解（サンハーラ）の両方の原因となる。

Word by Word

• त्रयोदश-कलायुक्तम्: endowed with thirteen kalās (phases/powers)

• बालाद्यैः: with the child-form and the other forms

• सह: along with

• लोहितम्: red, crimson, radiant

• सामोद्भवम्: self-arisen, spontaneously manifested (svayambhū)

• जगत्याद्यम्: primordial to the world, the first cause of the universe

• वृद्धिसंहारकारणम्: the cause of increase/manifestation and destruction/dissolution

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya, describing the manifested Linga/Śiva-tattva)