Shloka 77

एकार्णव-सृष्टिक्रमः, ब्रह्म-विष्णु-परस्परप्रवेशः, शिवस्य आगमनं च

Devanagari script

द्विविधं चैवमात्मानं प्रविभज्य व्यवस्थितः निष्कलस्तत्र यो ऽव्यक्तः सकलश् च महेश्वरः

Transliteration

dvividhaṃ caivamātmānaṃ pravibhajya vyavasthitaḥ niṣkalastatra yo 'vyaktaḥ sakalaś ca maheśvaraḥ

Translation

ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਦੋ ਰੂਪਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੰਡ ਕੇ ਉਹ ਸਥਿਤ ਹੈ—ਇੱਕ ਨਿਸ਼ਕਲ, ਅਵ੍ਯਕਤ; ਅਤੇ ਦੂਜਾ ਸਕਲ, ਸਗੁਣ-ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਮਹੇਸ਼ਵਰ।

Word by Word

• द्विविधम्: twofold

• च एवम्: and thus

• आत्मानम्: the Self (His own nature)

• प्रविभज्य: having distinguished/divided conceptually

• व्यवस्थितः: established, abiding

• निष्कलः: partless, without parts/attributes

• तत्र: therein/as that

• यः: who

• अव्यक्तः: unmanifest

• सकलः: with parts, manifest/embodied

• च: and

• महेश्वरः: Maheshvara (the Supreme Lord, Pati)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the doctrine as received in the Purana’s discourse)