Shloka 29

Adhyaya 23: श्वेत-लोहित-पीत-कृष्ण-विश्व-कल्पेषु रुद्रस्वरूप-गायत्री-तत्त्ववर्णनम्

Devanagari script

भूतग्रामाश् च चत्वार आश्रमाश् च तथैव च धर्मस्य पादाश्चत्वारश् चत्वारो मम पुत्रकाः

Transliteration

bhūtagrāmāś ca catvāra āśramāś ca tathaiva ca dharmasya pādāścatvāraś catvāro mama putrakāḥ

Translation

Empat golongan makhluk, empat āśrama, dan empat kaki Dharma—set-set empat ini dinyatakan sebagai anak-anakku.

Word by Word

• bhūta-grāmāḥ: groups/classes of beings

• ca: and

• catvāraḥ: four

• āśramāḥ: the stages of life (brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha, saṃnyāsa)

• ca: and

• tathā eva: likewise/indeed

• dharmasya: of Dharma (cosmic-ethical order)

• pādāḥ: feet/pillars

• catvāraḥ: four

• catvāraḥ: (these) fourfold (sets)

• mama: my

• putrakāḥ: sons/emanations

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s teaching lineage to the sages of Naimisharanya)