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

ତମ, ମୋହ, ମହାମୋହ, ତାମିସ୍ର ଓ ‘ଅନ୍ଧ’—ଏହି ପାଞ୍ଚ ରୂପ ଅବିଦ୍ୟାର, ସ୍ୱୟମ୍ଭୂରୁ ପ୍ରାଦୁର୍ଭୂତ। ଏହାଦ୍ୱାରା ପଶୁଜୀବ ପାଶବନ୍ଧନରେ ଆବୃତ ରହେ, ଯେପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ମୁକ୍ତି ପାଇଁ ପତି ଶିବଙ୍କ ଶରଣ ନେଇନାହିଁ।

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)