Shloka 59

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

Devanagari script

एतैरावरणैरण्डं सप्तभिः प्राकृतैर् वृतम् एता आवृत्य चान्योन्यम् अष्टौ प्रकृतयः स्थिताः

Transliteration

etairāvaraṇairaṇḍaṃ saptabhiḥ prākṛtair vṛtam etā āvṛtya cānyonyam aṣṭau prakṛtayaḥ sthitāḥ

Translation

ഈ ഏഴ് പ്രാകൃത ആവരണങ്ങളാൽ ബ്രഹ്മാണ്ഡാണ്ഡം ആവൃതമാണ്. ഇവ പരസ്പരം തമ്മിൽ മൂടിക്കൊണ്ട് അഷ്ട പ്രകൃതികളായി നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു.

Word by Word

• एतैः (etaiḥ): by these

• आवरणैः (āvaraṇaiḥ): enclosures, coverings

• अण्डम् (aṇḍam): the cosmic egg, universe-embryo

• सप्तभिः (saptabhiḥ): by seven

• प्राकृतैः (prākṛtaiḥ): primordial, of Prakṛti

• वृतम् (vṛtam): enclosed, surrounded

• एताः (etāḥ): these (sheaths)

• आवृत्य (āvṛtya): having covered

• च (ca): and

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam): one another, mutually

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau): eight

• प्रकृतयः (prakṛtayaḥ): primal natures/principles (Prakṛtis)

• स्थिताः (sthitāḥ): are established, remain.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological teaching within the Linga Purana discourse)