Shloka 19

अग्नित्रय-पितृवंश-रुद्रसृष्टि-वैराग्योपदेशः

Devanagari script

लब्ध्वा ससर्ज सकलं शंकराच्चतुराननः जरामरणसंयुक्तं जगदेतच्चराचरम्

Transliteration

labdhvā sasarja sakalaṃ śaṃkarāccaturānanaḥ jarāmaraṇasaṃyuktaṃ jagadetaccarācaram

Translation

Setelah menerima kuasa penciptaan dan titah daripada Śaṅkara (Śiva), Brahmā yang bermuka empat pun melahirkan seluruh alam semesta ini—yang bergerak dan yang tidak bergerak—dengan keadaan tua dan mati yang menyertainya.

Word by Word

• labdhvā: having obtained/received

• sasarja: he created/emitted

• sakalam: the whole, entire

• śaṅkarāt: from Śaṅkara (Śiva)

• caturānanaḥ: the four-faced one (Brahmā)

• jarā: old age/decay

• maraṇa: death

• saṁyuktam: conjoined with, characterized by

• jagat: world/universe

• etat: this

• cara-acaram: moving and non-moving (sentient and insentient).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the creation account to the sages; describing Brahmā’s act empowered by Śiva)