Shloka 26
Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्
Devanagari script
जानातेर् ज्ञानम् इत्याहुर् भगवान् ज्ञानसंनिधिः बन्धनादिपरीभावाद् ईश्वरः प्रोच्यते बुधैः
Transliteration
jānāter jñānam ityāhur bhagavān jñānasaṃnidhiḥ bandhanādiparībhāvād īśvaraḥ procyate budhaiḥ
Translation
ਜਿਸ ਨਾਲ ਯਥਾਰਥ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਜਾਵੇ, ਉਸੇ ਨੂੰ ‘ਗਿਆਨ’ ਆਖਦੇ ਹਨ। ਭਗਵਾਨ ਆਪ ਗਿਆਨ ਦੀ ਨਿਤ ਸਨਿਧੀ ਹਨ; ਬੰਧਨ ਆਦਿ ਸੀਮਾਵਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਪਰੇ ਹੋਣ ਕਰਕੇ ਵਿਦਵਾਨ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਈਸ਼ਵਰ—ਪਰਮ ਪਤੀ—ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ।
Word by Word
जानातेः (jānāteḥ)from the root ‘to know’
जानातेः (jānāteḥ):
ज्ञानम् (jñānam)knowledge, true knowing
ज्ञानम् (jñānam):
इति (iti)thus
इति (iti):
आहुः (āhuḥ)they say, they declare
आहुः (āhuḥ):
भगवान् (bhagavān)the Blessed Lord, the Supreme
भगवान् (bhagavān):
ज्ञान-संनिधिः (jñāna-saṃnidhiḥ)the immediate presence/abode of knowledge
ज्ञान-संनिधिः (jñāna-saṃnidhiḥ):
बन्धन-आदि (bandhana-ādi)bondage and the like (pāśa—bonds)
बन्धन-आदि (bandhana-ādi):
परीभावात् (parībhāvāt)by surpassing, overpowering, standing beyond
परीभावात् (parībhāvāt):
ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ)Lord, sovereign controller (Pati)
ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ):
प्रोच्यते (procyate)is called, is proclaimed
प्रोच्यते (procyate):
बुधैः (budhaiḥ)by the wise, by the learned
बुधैः (budhaiḥ):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana’s teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)