Shloka 22

Adhyaya 23: श्वेत-लोहित-पीत-कृष्ण-विश्व-कल्पेषु रुद्रस्वरूप-गायत्री-तत्त्ववर्णनम्

Devanagari script

तेषामघोरः शान्तश् च भविष्याम्यहमव्ययः पुनश् च विश्वरूपत्वं यदा ब्रह्मन्ममाभवत्

Transliteration

teṣāmaghoraḥ śāntaś ca bhaviṣyāmyahamavyayaḥ punaś ca viśvarūpatvaṃ yadā brahmanmamābhavat

Translation

彼らのために、我はアゴーラ（恐るべきにあらず）となり、またシャーンタ（寂静）となろう。我は不滅なる者である。さらに、ああブラフマーよ、我が宇宙の姿（ヴィシュヴァルーパ）の境地が顕現した時。

Word by Word

• teṣām: for them (for those beings)

• aghoraḥ: non-fierce, benevolent aspect of Śiva

• śāntaḥ: peaceful, tranquil

• ca: and

• bhaviṣyāmi: I shall become / I will be

• aham: I

• avyayaḥ: imperishable, undecaying

• punaḥ: again, once more

• ca: and

• viśvarūpatvam: cosmic-form state, universal embodiment

• yadā: when

• brahman: O Brahmā (vocative)

• mama: of me / my

• abhavat: arose, came to be, manifested

Speaker

Shiva (addressing Brahma within Suta’s narration)