Shloka 50

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

Devanagari script

तेषां यावच्च तद् यच्च यच्च तावद्गुणं स्मृतम् उपलभ्याप्सु वै गन्धं केचिद् ब्रूयुर् अपां गुणम्

Transliteration

teṣāṃ yāvacca tad yacca yacca tāvadguṇaṃ smṛtam upalabhyāpsu vai gandhaṃ kecid brūyur apāṃ guṇam

Translation

これらの元素において、いかなる広がりといかなる性質がその गुणの尺度として記憶されようとも、水においてさえ香りを感得する者たちは、「匂い」もまた水の गुणであると言う。

Word by Word

• तेषाम् (teṣām): of them (the elements)

• यावत् (yāvat): as much as, to the extent

• च (ca): and

• तत् (tat): that

• यत् (yat): which

• च (ca): and

• यच्च (yac ca): and whatever

• तावत्-गुणम् (tāvat-guṇam): that many qualities, corresponding measure of qualities

• स्मृतम् (smṛtam): is remembered/declared in tradition

• उपलभ्य (upalabhya): having perceived, having found

• अप्सु (apsu): in waters

• वै (vai): indeed

• गन्धम् (gandham): smell, fragrance

• केचित् (kecit): some (thinkers)

• ब्रूयुः (brūyuḥ): would say, declare

• अपाम् (apām): of waters

• गुणम् (guṇam): a quality/attribute

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana discourse to the sages of Naimisharanya)