Shloka 2
एकार्णव-सृष्टिक्रमः, ब्रह्म-विष्णु-परस्परप्रवेशः, शिवस्य आगमनं च
Devanagari script
एतत्सर्वं विशेषेण सांप्रतं वक्तुमर्हसि सूत उवाच आसीदेकार्णवं घोरम् अविभागं तमोमयम्
Transliteration
etatsarvaṃ viśeṣeṇa sāṃprataṃ vaktumarhasi sūta uvāca āsīdekārṇavaṃ ghoram avibhāgaṃ tamomayam
Translation
Jelaskanlah semuanya ini dengan terperinci sekarang. Sūta berkata: Pada waktu itu wujudlah lautan tunggal yang dahsyat—tanpa pembezaan, berupa gumpalan kegelapan—ketika segala perbezaan telah luluh lenyap.
Word by Word
etat-sarvamall this
etat-sarvam:
viśeṣeṇain detail, distinctly
viśeṣeṇa:
sāṃpratamnow, at present
sāṃpratam:
vaktumto speak, to explain
vaktum:
arhasiyou are worthy/you should
arhasi:
sūta uvācaSūta said
sūta uvāca:
āsītthere was, existed
āsīt:
ekārṇavamthe single ocean (cosmic waters)
ekārṇavam:
ghoramdreadful, awesome
ghoram:
avibhāgamwithout division, undifferentiated
avibhāgam:
tamomayamconsisting of darkness (tamas-filled)
tamomayam:
Speaker
Suta (narrator), responding to the sages’ request