Shloka 14

Adhyaya 17: लिङ्गोद्भव—ब्रह्मविष्ण्वहङ्कार-शमनं, ओंकार-प्रादुर्भावः, मन्त्र-तत्त्वं च

Devanagari script

तथाभूतमहं दृष्ट्वा शयानं पङ्कजेक्षणम् मायया मोहितस्तस्य तमवोचममर्षितः

Transliteration

tathābhūtamahaṃ dṛṣṭvā śayānaṃ paṅkajekṣaṇam māyayā mohitastasya tamavocamamarṣitaḥ

Translation

ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼ਯਨ ਕਰਦੇ, ਕਮਲ-ਨੇਤਰ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ, ਮੈਂ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਮਾਇਆ ਨਾਲ ਮੋਹਿਤ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ; ਅਤੇ ਬੇਸਬਰੀ ਵਿੱਚ, ਗੁੱਸੇ ਨਾਲ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਬੋਲ ਪਿਆ।

Word by Word

• तथा-भूतम्: in that very condition/just so

• अहम्: I

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen

• शयानम्: lying down/reclining

• पङ्कज-ईक्षणम्: the lotus-eyed one

• मायया: by māyā/veiling power

• मोहितः: deluded, bewildered

• तस्य: by him/of him

• तम्: to him

• अवोचम्: I said/spoke

• अमर्षितः: impatient, irritated, unable to bear (in vexation)

Speaker

Brahma (within Suta’s narration to the sages of Naimisharanya)