Shloka 22

नैमिषारण्ये सूतागमनम् — लिङ्गमाहात्म्यभूमिका तथा शब्दब्रह्म-ओङ्कार-लिङ्गतत्त्वम्

Devanagari script

तमसा कालरुद्राख्यं रजसा कनकाण्डजम् सत्त्वेन सर्वगं विष्णुं निर्गुणत्वे महेश्वरम्

Transliteration

tamasā kālarudrākhyaṃ rajasā kanakāṇḍajam sattvena sarvagaṃ viṣṇuṃ nirguṇatve maheśvaram

Translation

Melalui tamas Dia dikenali sebagai Kālarudra; melalui rajas sebagai Yang Lahir dari Telur Emas (Brahmā); melalui sattva sebagai Viṣṇu yang meliputi segalanya; dan dalam keadaan melampaui tiga guṇa, Dia ialah Maheśvara.

Word by Word

• तमसा: by tamas (inertia/darkness)

• कालरुद्राख्यम्: called Kālarudra (Rudra as Time)

• रजसा: by rajas (activity/passion)

• कनकाण्डजम्: born from the golden egg (Hiraṇyagarbha/Brahmā)

• सत्त्वेन: by sattva (purity/illumination)

• सर्वगम्: all-pervading

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu

• निर्गुणत्वे: in the state of being beyond the guṇas

• महेश्वरम्: Maheśvara (the Great Lord, Pati)

Speaker

Suta Goswami