Verse 1
Sita
देवा ह वै प्रजापतिम् अब्रुवन्—का सीता, किं रूपम् इति । स होवाच प्रजापतिः—सा सीतेति । मूलप्रकृतिरूपत्वात् सा सीता प्रकृतिः स्मृता । प्रणवप्रकृतिरूपत्वात् सा सीता प्रकृतिर् उच्यते । सीता इति त्रिवर्णात्मा साक्षान् मायामयी भवेत् । विष्णुः प्रपञ्चबीजं च; माया ईकार उच्यते । सकारः सत्यम् अमृतं प्राप्तिः सोमश् च कीर्त्यते । तकारस् तारलक्ष्म्या च वैराजः प्रस्तरः स्मृतः । ईकाररूपिणी सोमामृतावयवदिव्यालङ्कारस्रङ्मौक्तिकाद्याभरणलङ्कृता महामाया अव्यक्तरूपिणी व्यक्ता भवति । प्रथमा शब्दब्रह्ममयी स्वाध्यायकाले प्रसन्ना उद्भावनकरी सात्मिका; द्वितीया भूतले हलाग्रे समुत्पन्ना; तृतीया ईकाररूपिणी अव्यक्तस्वरूपा भवतीति—सीता इत्य् उदाहरन्ति । शौनकीये ॥१–६॥
देवाः । ह । वै । प्रजापतिम् । अब्रुवन् । का । सीता । किम् । रूपम् । इति । सः । ह । उवाच । प्रजापतिः । सा । सीता । इति । मूल-प्रकृति-रूपत्वात् । सा । सीता । प्रकृतिः । स्मृता । प्रणव-प्रकृति-रूपत्वात् । सा । सीता । प्रकृतिः । उच्यते । सीता । इति । त्रि-वर्ण-आत्मा । साक्षात् । माया-मयी । भवेत् । विष्णुः । प्रपञ्च-बीजम् । च । माया । ई-कारः । उच्यते । स-कारः । सत्यम् । अमृतम् । प्राप्तिः । सोमः । च । कीर्त्यते । त-कारः । तार-लक्ष्म्या । च । वैराजः । प्रस्तरः । स्मृतः । ई-कार-रूपिणी । सोम-अमृत-अवयव । दिव्य-अलङ्कार । स्रक्-मौक्तिक-आदि-आभरण । अलङ्कृता । महा-माया । अव्यक्त-रूपिणी । व्यक्ता । भवति । प्रथमा । शब्द-ब्रह्म-मयी । स्वाध्याय-काले । प्रसन्ना । उद्भावन-करी । स-आत्मिका । द्वितीया । भू-तले । हल-अग्रे । समुत्पन्ना । तृतीया । ई-कार-रूपिणी । अव्यक्त-स्वरूपा । भवति । इति । सीता । इति । उदाहरन्ति ।
devā ha vai prajāpatiṃ abruvan—kā sītā, kiṃ rūpam iti | sa hovāca prajāpatiḥ—sā sīteti | mūlaprakṛtirūpatvāt sā sītā prakṛtiḥ smṛtā | praṇavaprakṛtirūpatvāt sā sītā prakṛtir ucyate | sītā iti trivarnātmā sākṣān māyāmayī bhavet | viṣṇuḥ prapañcabījaṃ ca; māyā īkāra ucyate | sakāraḥ satyam amṛtaṃ prāptiḥ somaś ca kīrtyate | takāras tāralakṣmyā ca vairājaḥ prastaraḥ smṛtaḥ | īkārarūpiṇī somāmṛtāvayavadivyālaṅkārasraṅmauktikādyābharaṇalaṅkṛtā mahāmāyā avyaktarūpiṇī vyaktā bhavati | prathamā śabdabrahmamayī svādhyāyakāle prasannā udbhāvanakarī sātmikā; dvitīyā bhūtale halāgre samutpannā; tṛtīyā īkārarūpiṇī avyaktasvarūpā bhavatīti—sītā ity udāharanti | śaunakīye ||1–6||
ദേവന്മാർ പ്രജാപതിയോടു ചോദിച്ചു—“സീത ആരാണ്? അവളുടെ രൂപം എന്ത്?” പ്രജാപതി പറഞ്ഞു—“അവളേ സീത.” മൂലപ്രകൃതിയുടെ സ്വഭാവം കൊണ്ടു അവൾ പ്രകൃതിയായി സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു; പ്രണവത്തിന്റെ (ഓംകാരത്തിന്റെ) പ്രകൃതിസ്വഭാവം കൊണ്ടും അവൾ പ്രകൃതി എന്നു വിളിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. “സീത” മൂന്നു വർണങ്ങളുടെ ആത്മസ്വരൂപം; സാക്ഷാൽ മായാമയി. വിഷ്ണു പ്രപഞ്ചത്തിന്റെ ബീജം; മായ ‘ഈ’കാരമായി പറയപ്പെടുന്നു. ‘സ’കാരൻ സത്യം, അമൃതത്വം, പ്രാപ്തി, സോമം എന്നും കീർത്തിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു; ‘ത’കാരൻ താരലക്ഷ്മിയും വൈരാജ-വിസ്താരവും എന്നും സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. ‘ഈ’കാരരൂപിണിയായി, സോമാമൃതാവയവങ്ങളെപ്പോലെ ദിവ്യാഭരണങ്ങൾ—മാല, മുത്ത് മുതലായവ—ധരിച്ച മഹാമായ, അവ്യക്തരൂപത്തിൽ നിന്നു വ്യക്തമാകുന്നു. ആദ്യത്തേത് ശബ്ദബ്രഹ്മമയി—സ്വാധ്യായകാലത്ത് പ്രസന്ന, ഉദ്ഭവനകാരി, സാത്ത്വിക; രണ്ടാമത്തേത് ഭൂമിയിൽ ഹലാഗ്രത്തിൽ ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചതു; മൂന്നാമത്തേത് ‘ഈ’കാരരൂപിണി, അവ്യക്തസ്വരൂപ—ഇങ്ങനെ “സീത” എന്നു ഉദാഹരിക്കുന്നു (ശൗനകീയം).
The gods indeed said to Prajāpati: “Who is Sītā; what is her form?” Prajāpati replied: “She is Sītā.” Because she has the nature of the root-Prakṛti, Sītā is remembered as Prakṛti; because she has the nature of the Prakṛti of the praṇava (Oṃ), she is called Prakṛti. “Sītā” is of the nature of three phonemes and is directly constituted of Māyā. Viṣṇu is the seed of the manifested world; Māyā is said to be the vowel ī. The phoneme sa is declared to be truth, immortality, attainment, and Soma; the phoneme ta is remembered as the ‘tāra’-prosperity and as the cosmic (vairāja) expanse. As ī-form, adorned with divine ornaments—garlands, pearls, and the like—Mahāmāyā, whose form is unmanifest, becomes manifest. The first is made of Śabda-Brahman, pleased at the time of Vedic recitation, bringing forth (manifestation), and of sattva; the second arises on the earth at the tip of the plough; the third, of ī-form, is of unmanifest nature—thus they speak of “Sītā.”