Shloka 24
Adhyaya 22 — शिवानुग्रहः, ब्रह्मतपः, एकादशरुद्राः तथा प्राणतत्त्वम्
Devanagari script
रोदनात्खलु रुद्रत्वं तेषु वै समजायत ये रुद्रास्ते खलु प्राणा ये प्राणास्ते तदात्मकाः
Transliteration
rodanātkhalu rudratvaṃ teṣu vai samajāyata ye rudrāste khalu prāṇā ye prāṇāste tadātmakāḥ
Translation
ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਰੋਣ ਤੋਂ ਹੀ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ‘ਰੁਦ੍ਰਤਵ’ ਉਤਪੰਨ ਹੋਇਆ। ਜੋ ਰੁਦ੍ਰ ਕਹੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ, ਉਹ ਅਸਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ ਹਨ; ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ ਹਨ, ਉਹ ਉਸੇ ਰੁਦ੍ਰ-ਤੱਤਵ ਦੇ ਸਰੂਪ ਹਨ।
Word by Word
रोदनात् (rodanāt)from crying/crying out
रोदनात् (rodanāt):
खलु (khalu)indeed, surely
खलु (khalu):
रुद्रत्वम् (rudratvam)Rudra-hood, the state of being Rudra
रुद्रत्वम् (rudratvam):
तेषु (teṣu)in them
तेषु (teṣu):
वै (vai)verily
वै (vai):
समजायत (samajāyata)arose, came into being
समजायत (samajāyata):
ये (ye)those who
ये (ye):
रुद्राः (rudrāḥ)Rudras
रुद्राः (rudrāḥ):
ते (te)they
ते (te):
खलु (khalu)indeed
खलु (khalu):
प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ)vital breaths, life-forces
प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ):
ये (ye)those who
ये (ye):
प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ)prāṇas
प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ):
ते (te)they
ते (te):
तदात्मकाः (tad-ātmakāḥ)of that essence, having that as their very self (i.e., Rudra-nature).
तदात्मकाः (tad-ātmakāḥ):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purva-Bhaga account to the sages, reporting the doctrinal identification of Rudras with prana)