Shloka 7

Adhyaya 34: भस्ममहात्म्यं—अग्नीषोमात्मक-शिवतत्त्वं तथा पाशुपतव्रतप्रशंसा

Devanagari script

अहमग्निर्महातेजाः सोमश्चैषा महांबिका अहमग्निश् च सोमश् च प्रकृत्या पुरुषः स्वयम्

Transliteration

ahamagnirmahātejāḥ somaścaiṣā mahāṃbikā ahamagniś ca somaś ca prakṛtyā puruṣaḥ svayam

Translation

ਮੈਂ ਮਹਾਤੇਜਸਵੀ ਅਗਨੀ ਹਾਂ, ਅਤੇ ਇਹ ਮਹਾਂਬਿਕਾ ਸੋਮ ਹੈ। ਮੈਂ ਹੀ ਅਗਨੀ ਵੀ ਹਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਸੋਮ ਵੀ; ਆਪਣੇ ਸੁਭਾਵ ਨਾਲ ਮੈਂ ਆਪ ਹੀ ਪੁਰੁਸ਼ (ਪਰਮ ਚੇਤਨ) ਹਾਂ।

Word by Word

• अहम् (aham): I

• अग्निः (agniḥ): Agni, the fire-principle

• महातेजाः (mahā-tejāḥ): possessing great splendor/energy

• सोमः (somaḥ): Soma, the lunar/nectar principle

• च (ca): and

• एषा (eṣā): this (she)

• महांबिका (mahāmbikā): the Great Mother (Shakti)

• अहम् (aham): I

• अग्निः (agniḥ): Agni

• च (ca): and

• सोमः (somaḥ): Soma

• च (ca): and

• प्रकृत्या (prakṛtyā): by nature, inherently (through Prakṛti/own essential power)

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ): Puruṣa, the Supreme Person/Consciousness

• स्वयम् (svayam): Himself, directly

Speaker

Shiva (as the supreme Pati revealing His identity through Agni–Soma polarity)