Shloka 13

Adhyaya 61 — ग्रह-नक्षत्र-स्थाननिर्णयः

Cosmic Abodes of Luminaries and the Shaiva Order of Time

Devanagari script

कल्पादौ सम्प्रवृत्तानि निर्मितानि स्वयंभुवा स्थानान्येतानि तिष्ठन्ति यावद् आभूतसंप्लवम्

Transliteration

kalpādau sampravṛttāni nirmitāni svayaṃbhuvā sthānānyetāni tiṣṭhanti yāvad ābhūtasaṃplavam

Translation

これらの聖なる住処は、カルパの初めに動き出し、自生者スヴァヤンブー（Svayambhū、梵天ブラフマー）によって स्थापितされた。万有を呑みこむ大いなる壊滅が来るまで、変わることなく存続する。

Word by Word

• कल्पादौ: at the beginning of the kalpa

• सम्प्रवृत्तानि: initiated/put into operation

• निर्मितानि: fashioned/established

• स्वयंभुवा: by Svayambhū (self-born Brahmā)

• स्थानानि: sacred places/abodes

• एतानि: these

• तिष्ठन्ति: remain/stand firm

• यावत्: until

• आभूतसंप्लवम्: the inundation/dissolution affecting all beings (cosmic pralaya).

Speaker

Suta Goswami