Shloka 56
Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्
Devanagari script
आकाशेनावृतो वायुः खं तु भूतादिनावृतम् भूतादिर्महता चापि अव्यक्तेनावृतो महान्
Transliteration
ākāśenāvṛto vāyuḥ khaṃ tu bhūtādināvṛtam bhūtādirmahatā cāpi avyaktenāvṛto mahān
Translation
വായു ആകാശത്താൽ ആവൃതമാണ്; ആകാശം ഭൂതാദിയാൽ ആവൃതമാണ്. ഭൂതാദി മഹത്താൽ, മഹത്ത് അവ്യക്തത്താൽ ആവൃതമാണ്.
Word by Word
ākāśenaby ether/space
ākāśena:
āvṛtaḥenveloped/covered
āvṛtaḥ:
vāyuḥair/wind principle
vāyuḥ:
khaṃether/space (kha)
khaṃ:
tuand/indeed
tu:
bhūtādināby bhūtādi (the primal element/ahaṅkāra-tattva source of elements)
bhūtādinā:
āvṛtamenveloped
āvṛtam:
bhūtādiḥthe bhūtādi principle
bhūtādiḥ:
mahatāby Mahat (cosmic intellect)
mahatā:
ca apialso/indeed
ca api:
avyaktenaby the Unmanifest (Prakṛti/avyakta)
avyaktena:
āvṛtaḥenveloped
āvṛtaḥ:
mahānMahat/the Great Principle
mahān:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmology of dissolution/envelopment to the sages of Naimisharanya)