Shloka 75
एकार्णव-सृष्टिक्रमः, ब्रह्म-विष्णु-परस्परप्रवेशः, शिवस्य आगमनं च
Devanagari script
ज्ञात्वा च विविधोत्पत्तिं ब्रह्मणो लोकतन्त्रिणः इमं परमसादृश्यं प्रश्नम् अभ्यवदद्धरिः
Transliteration
jñātvā ca vividhotpattiṃ brahmaṇo lokatantriṇaḥ imaṃ paramasādṛśyaṃ praśnam abhyavadaddhariḥ
Translation
ലോകക്രമത്തിന്റെ നിയന്ത്രകനായ ബ്രഹ്മാവിന്റെ വിവിധ ഉദ്ഭവങ്ങളെ അറിഞ്ഞ ശേഷം, ഹരി പരമതത്ത്വത്തോട് അത്യന്തം സാമ്യമുള്ള ഈ ചോദ്യം ഉന്നയിച്ചു।
Word by Word
ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā)having known/understood
ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā):
च (ca)and
च (ca):
विविध-उत्पत्तिम् (vividha-utpattim)diverse origins/varied modes of manifestation
विविध-उत्पत्तिम् (vividha-utpattim):
ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ)of Brahmā
ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ):
लोक-तन्त्रिणः (loka-tantriṇaḥ)the one who administers/organizes the world-system
लोक-तन्त्रिणः (loka-tantriṇaḥ):
इमम् (imam)this
इमम् (imam):
परम-सादृश्यम् (parama-sādṛśyam)most fitting/supremely congruent (with truth/context)
परम-सादृश्यम् (parama-sādṛśyam):
प्रश्नम् (praśnam)question
प्रश्नम् (praśnam):
अभ्यवदत् (abhyavadat)spoke/asked (addressing)
अभ्यवदत् (abhyavadat):
हरिः (hariḥ)Hari (Viṣṇu)
हरिः (hariḥ):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the internal dialogue; Hari/Vishnu is the one who asks the question within the story)