Shloka 2

अविद्या-पञ्चक, नवसर्ग-क्रमः, प्रजापति-प्रसवः

Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 5

Devanagari script

तमो मोहो महामोहस् तामिस्रश्चान्धसंज्ञितः अविद्या पञ्चधा ह्येषा प्रादुर्भूता स्वयम्भुवः

Transliteration

tamo moho mahāmohas tāmisraścāndhasaṃjñitaḥ avidyā pañcadhā hyeṣā prādurbhūtā svayambhuvaḥ

Translation

Kegelapan, kekeliruan, kekeliruan besar, tamisra yang membutakan, dan apa yang disebut ‘buta’—demikianlah avidyā menzahirkan diri dalam lima bentuk, muncul daripada Svayambhū (Yang Terlahir Sendiri). Melaluinya, paśu (jiwa terikat) diselubungi dan ditahan dalam pāśa (belenggu), sehingga ia berpaling kepada Pati, Tuhan Śiva, demi pembebasan.

Word by Word

• तमः: darkness, spiritual inertia

• मोहः: delusion, mistaken cognition

• महामोहः: great delusion, intensified attachment

• तामिस्रः: blinding gloom, destructive confusion

• अन्धसंज्ञितः: termed ‘blindness’, loss of discernment

• अविद्या: ignorance, non-recognition of the Self and Pati

• पञ्चधा: in five ways, fivefold

• हि: indeed

• एषा: this

• प्रादुर्भूता: manifested, came forth

• स्वयम्भुवः: from Svayambhū (the Self-born creator principle)

Speaker

Suta (narrating the teaching contextually to the sages of Naimisharanya)