Shloka 48

प्रलय-तत्त्वलयः, नीललोहित-रुद्रः, अष्टमूर्तिस्तवः, एवं ब्रह्मणो वैराग्यम्

Devanagari script

सर्वात्मनश् च तस्याग्रे ह्य् अतिष्ठत्परमेश्वरः मृतस्य तस्य देवस्य ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः

Transliteration

sarvātmanaś ca tasyāgre hy atiṣṭhatparameśvaraḥ mṛtasya tasya devasya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ

Translation

അപ്പോൾ സർവാത്മനായ പരമേശ്വരൻ അവന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ നിലകൊണ്ടു; ആ ദേവൻ ബ്രഹ്മാ—പരമേഷ്ഠി—മൃതനായി കിടന്നിരിക്കെ.

Word by Word

• सर्वात्मनः: of the all-Self (indweller of all beings)

• च: and

• तस्य: of him/that one (Brahmā)

• अग्रे: in front, before

• हि: indeed

• अतिष्ठत्: stood, remained present

• परमेश्वरः: Parameśvara (Śiva as the Supreme Lord, Pati)

• मृतस्य: of the dead one

• तस्य: of that

• देवस्य: of the god

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā

• परमेष्ठिनः: of Parameṣṭhin (the highest-seated, Brahmā).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purva-Bhaga account to the sages of Naimisharanya)