Shloka 59

Adhyaya 61 — ग्रह-नक्षत्र-स्थाननिर्णयः

Cosmic Abodes of Luminaries and the Shaiva Order of Time

Devanagari script

बुद्धिपूर्वं भगवता कल्पादौ सम्प्रवर्तितः स आश्रयो ऽभिमानी च सर्वस्य ज्योतिरात्मकः

Transliteration

buddhipūrvaṃ bhagavatā kalpādau sampravartitaḥ sa āśrayo 'bhimānī ca sarvasya jyotirātmakaḥ

Translation

कल्पाच्या आरंभी भगवंतांनी प्रथम ‘बुद्धी’ प्रवर्तित केली. त्यानंतर ते तत्त्व प्रकट झाले जे सर्वांचे आश्रय आहे, ‘अहं’चा अभिमान धारण करते आणि सर्वत्र व्यापणारे ज्योतीरूप आहे.

Word by Word

• बुद्धिपूर्वम्: first as Buddhi (cosmic intelligence)

• भगवता: by the Blessed Lord (Pati, Śiva)

• कल्पादौ: at the beginning of the aeon

• सम्प्रवर्तितः: was set in motion/manifested

• सः: that (principle)

• आश्रयः: support/substratum

• अभिमानी: possessor of ‘I’-sense, ego-principle

• च: and

• सर्वस्य: of all

• ज्योतिरात्मकः: of the nature of light/luminous essence

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological teaching as received in the Purana’s lineage)