Shloka 144

Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्

Devanagari script

मुख्यसर्गं तथाभूतं दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मा ह्यसाधकम् अप्रसन्नमनाः सो ऽथ ततो ऽन्यं सो ह्यमन्यत

Transliteration

mukhyasargaṃ tathābhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmā hyasādhakam aprasannamanāḥ so 'tha tato 'nyaṃ so hyamanyata

Translation

このように生じた第一の創造が目的を成し遂げないのを見て、ブラフマーは内に不満を覚え、ゆえに別の創造の道へと心を向けた。

Word by Word

• मुख्यसर्गम्: the primary creation

• तथा-भूतम्: in that condition/just so

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā

• हि: indeed

• असाधकम्: unaccomplishing/ineffective (not fulfilling the aim)

• अप्रसन्न-मनाः: with an unsatisfied mind

• सः: he

• अथ: then

• ततः: from that/thereupon

• अन्यम्: another (means/creation)

• सः: he

• हि: indeed

• अमन्यत: considered/thought

Speaker

Suta (narrating Brahma’s action within the creation account)