Shloka 48

प्रलय-तत्त्वलयः, नीललोहित-रुद्रः, अष्टमूर्तिस्तवः, एवं ब्रह्मणो वैराग्यम्

Devanagari script

सर्वात्मनश् च तस्याग्रे ह्य् अतिष्ठत्परमेश्वरः मृतस्य तस्य देवस्य ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः

Transliteration

sarvātmanaś ca tasyāgre hy atiṣṭhatparameśvaraḥ mṛtasya tasya devasya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ

Translation

ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਵੇਲੇ ਸਰਵਾਤਮਾ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ਵਰ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਅੱਗੇ ਖੜੇ ਹੋਏ, ਜਦੋਂ ਉਹ ਦੇਵ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ—ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ਠੀ—ਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਪਿਆ ਸੀ।

Word by Word

• सर्वात्मनः: of the all-Self (indweller of all beings)

• च: and

• तस्य: of him/that one (Brahmā)

• अग्रे: in front, before

• हि: indeed

• अतिष्ठत्: stood, remained present

• परमेश्वरः: Parameśvara (Śiva as the Supreme Lord, Pati)

• मृतस्य: of the dead one

• तस्य: of that

• देवस्य: of the god

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā

• परमेष्ठिनः: of Parameṣṭhin (the highest-seated, Brahmā).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purva-Bhaga account to the sages of Naimisharanya)