Shloka 9

प्रलय-तत्त्वलयः, नीललोहित-रुद्रः, अष्टमूर्तिस्तवः, एवं ब्रह्मणो वैराग्यम्

Devanagari script

ललाटमध्यं निर्भिद्य ब्रह्मणः पुरुषस्य तु पुत्रस्नेहमिति प्रोच्य स्त्रीपुंरूपो ऽभवत्तदा

Transliteration

lalāṭamadhyaṃ nirbhidya brahmaṇaḥ puruṣasya tu putrasnehamiti procya strīpuṃrūpo 'bhavattadā

Translation

Kemudian, dengan menembusi bahagian tengah dahi Brahmā, Sang Purusha kosmik, dan menyatakan, “Inilah putra-sneha, kasih sayang kepada anak,” kuasa itu serta-merta menzahir sebagai rupa yang sekaligus perempuan dan lelaki—menandai ikatan (pāśa) yang mengikat dalam ciptaan.

Word by Word

• ललाटमध्यं: the middle of the forehead

• निर्भिद्य: having split/pierced

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā

• पुरुषस्य: of the Person (cosmic being)

• तु: indeed

• पुत्रस्नेहम्: affection for a son/filial attachment

• इति: thus

• प्रोच्य: having proclaimed/said

• स्त्रीपुंरूपः: having a female-and-male form (androgynous)

• अभवत्: became/arose

• तदा: then/at that time

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya; describing the inner cosmic event involving Brahma)