Shloka 35

ब्रह्मकृत-ईशानस्तवः तथा विश्वरूपदेवी-प्रकृतिरहस्योपदेशः

Devanagari script

अजामेकां लोहितां शुक्लकृष्णां विश्वप्रजां सृजमानां सरूपाम् अजो ऽहं मां विद्धि तां विश्वरूपं गायत्रीं गां विश्वरूपां हि बुद्ध्या

Transliteration

ajāmekāṃ lohitāṃ śuklakṛṣṇāṃ viśvaprajāṃ sṛjamānāṃ sarūpām ajo 'haṃ māṃ viddhi tāṃ viśvarūpaṃ gāyatrīṃ gāṃ viśvarūpāṃ hi buddhyā

Translation

Ketahuilah Yang Tidak Dilahirkan (Aja) yang satu—merah, putih dan hitam—yang mengambil rupa yang sepadan lalu melahirkan segala makhluk alam semesta. Aku juga tidak dilahirkan; fahamilah Aku sebagai Hakikat yang berwujud segala rupa. Dengan kebijaksanaan yang terjaga, kenalilah “Lembu”—Gayatrī—sebagai berwujud semesta.

Word by Word

• ajām: the Unborn (Prakṛti/Śakti as unborn principle)

• ekām: one, single

• lohitām: red (rajas, creative dynamism)

• śukla-kṛṣṇām: white and black (sattva and tamas)

• viśva-prajām: all creatures of the universe

• sṛjamānām: creating, bringing forth

• sa-rūpām: with (corresponding) forms

• ajaḥ: unborn (Pati, the Lord beyond birth)

• aham: I

• mām: Me

• viddhi: know, understand

• tām: that (same principle)

• viśva-rūpam: having the form of the universe, all-pervasive

• gāyatrīm: Gayatrī (Vedic mantra/Śakti of illumination)

• gām: the Cow (symbol of Veda, speech, and nourishing power)

• hi: indeed

• buddhyā: by intellect/discernment (viveka-jñāna).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Purva-Bhaga teachings; presenting a Shaiva reading of Gayatri as Shiva-Shakti power)