Shloka 20

Adhyaya 22 — शिवानुग्रहः, ब्रह्मतपः, एकादशरुद्राः तथा प्राणतत्त्वम्

Devanagari script

प्रकीर्णकेशाः सर्पास्ते प्रादुर्भूता महाविषाः सर्पांस्तानग्रजान्दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मात्मानम् अनिन्दयत्

Transliteration

prakīrṇakeśāḥ sarpāste prādurbhūtā mahāviṣāḥ sarpāṃstānagrajāndṛṣṭvā brahmātmānam anindayat

Translation

Ular-ular itu—berambut kusut dan sangat berbisa—telah menjelma. Melihat ular-ular yang lahir lebih dahulu itu, Brahmā tidak mencela dirinya, tetap teguh bersemayam dalam Diri (Ātman)-nya sendiri.

Word by Word

• प्रकीर्णकेशाः: with dishevelled/scattered hair

• सर्पाः: serpents

• ते: those

• प्रादुर्भूताः: manifested/appeared

• महाविषाः: of great venom

• सर्पान्: the serpents

• तान्: those

• अग्रजान्: elder-born/first-produced

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā

• आत्मानम्: himself/one’s own self

• अनिन्दयत्: did not blame/did not censure

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purva-Bhaga creation sequence to the sages, with Brahmā as the acting figure in the episode)