Shloka 28

अलिङ्ग-लिङ्ग-निरूपणं तथा प्राकृत-सृष्टिवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

महदादिविशेषान्ता ह्य् अण्डमुत्पादयन्ति च जलबुद्बुदवत्तस्माद् अवतीर्णः पितामहः

Transliteration

mahadādiviśeṣāntā hy aṇḍamutpādayanti ca jalabudbudavattasmād avatīrṇaḥ pitāmahaḥ

Translation

マハットより諸々の特殊要素に至るまで、それらはまことに宇宙卵を生み出す。そしてその卵より—水面の泡のごとく—ピターマハ（梵天ブラフマー）は顕現へと降り立った。

Word by Word

• mahat-ādi: beginning with Mahat (cosmic intellect)

• viśeṣa-anta: ending in the viśeṣas (particularized elements)

• hi: indeed

• aṇḍam: the cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa)

• utpādayanti: they bring forth, generate

• ca: and

• jala-budbuda-vat: like a water-bubble

• tasmāt: from that, therefore

• avatīrṇaḥ: descended, came forth into manifestation

• pitāmahaḥ: the Grandfather, Brahmā

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the creation sequence as taught in the Purana)