Shloka 39

अलिङ्ग-लिङ्ग-निरूपणं तथा प्राकृत-सृष्टिवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

प्राकृतः कथितस्त्वेष पुरुषाधिष्ठितो मया सर्गश् चाबुद्धिपूर्वस्तु द्विजाः प्राथमिकः शुभः

Transliteration

prākṛtaḥ kathitastveṣa puruṣādhiṣṭhito mayā sargaś cābuddhipūrvastu dvijāḥ prāthamikaḥ śubhaḥ

Translation

Penciptaan ‘Prākṛta’ (kebendaan) ini telah aku nyatakan sebagai berada di bawah naungan Puruṣa (Tuhan yang bersemayam di dalam). Dan wahai para dwija, penciptaan pertama—yang muncul sebelum tersingkapnya akal pembedaan—ialah permulaan yang purba lagi membawa berkat.

Word by Word

• प्राकृतः: material, of Prakṛti

• कथितः: has been described

• तु: indeed

• एषः: this

• पुरुष-अधिष्ठितः: presided over / overseen by the Puruṣa (Lord as inner ruler)

• मया: by me

• सर्गः: creation / emanation

• च: and

• अबुद्धि-पूर्वः: prior to (the arising of) buddhi / discriminative intellect

• तु: indeed

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (brahmins)

• प्राथमिकः: the first / primordial

• शुभः: auspicious

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages, relaying the creation teaching)