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Shloka 13

अलिङ्ग-लिङ्ग-निरूपणं तथा प्राकृत-सृष्टिवर्णनम्

तामजां लोहितां शुक्लां कृष्णामेकां बहुप्रजाम् जनित्रीमनुशेते स्म जुषमाणः स्वरूपिणीम्

tāmajāṃ lohitāṃ śuklāṃ kṛṣṇāmekāṃ bahuprajām janitrīmanuśete sma juṣamāṇaḥ svarūpiṇīm

तो त्या अजन्म्या जननीसोबत शयन करीत राहिला—जी एक असूनही बहुरूपिणी, लोहित, शुक्ल व कृष्ण रूपांनी प्रकट, बहुप्रजा निर्माण करणारी, जगताची माता। तिच्यात रमून तो आपल्या स्वस्वरूप-शक्तीसह स्थित राहिला।

tāmher/that (Goddess)
tām:
ajāmthe Unborn (Prakṛti/Śakti)
ajām:
lohitāmred-hued
lohitām:
śuklāmwhite-hued
śuklām:
kṛṣṇāmblack-hued
kṛṣṇām:
ekāmone
ekām:
bahu-prajāmhaving many progeny/creating many beings
bahu-prajām:
janitrīmthe mother, generatrix
janitrīm:
anuśete smalay with/abided closely with
anuśete sma:
juṣamāṇaḥenjoying, delighting in, honoring
juṣamāṇaḥ:
svarūpiṇīmshe whose nature is (his) own essential form / the embodiment of his own svarūpa
svarūpiṇīm:

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana’s creation account to the sages of Naimisharanya)