Shloka 3
Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्
Devanagari script
च्रेअतिओन् फ़्रोम् अव्यक्त अव्यक्तं चेश्वरात्तस्माद् अभवत्कारणं परम् प्रधानं प्रकृतिश्चेति यदाहुस्तत्त्वचिन्तकाः
Transliteration
creation from avyakta avyaktaṃ ceśvarāttasmād abhavatkāraṇaṃ param pradhānaṃ prakṛtiśceti yadāhustattvacintakāḥ
Translation
ਸ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀ ਅਵ੍ਯਕਤ ਤੋਂ ਉਤਪੰਨ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਅਵ੍ਯਕਤ ਵੀ ਈਸ਼ਵਰ ਤੋਂ ਹੀ ਉਤਪੰਨ ਮੰਨੀ ਗਈ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਲਈ ਪਰਮ ਕਾਰਣ-ਤੱਤ ਨੂੰ ਤੱਤਵ-ਚਿੰਤਕ ‘ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ’ ਅਤੇ ‘ਪ੍ਰਕ੍ਰਿਤੀ’ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ।
Word by Word
sṛṣṭiḥcreation
sṛṣṭiḥ:
avyaktātfrom the unmanifest
avyaktāt:
avyaktamthe unmanifest principle
avyaktam:
caand
ca:
īśvarātfrom the Lord (Īśvara/Pati)
īśvarāt:
tasmāttherefore/from that
tasmāt:
abhavatcame to be/arose
abhavat:
kāraṇamcause
kāraṇam:
paramsupreme
param:
pradhānamPradhāna (primordial matrix of nature)
pradhānam:
prakṛtiḥPrakṛti (primordial nature)
prakṛtiḥ:
caand
ca:
itithus
iti:
yatwhich/that
yat:
āhuḥ(they) say/declare
āhuḥ:
tattva-cintakāḥthinkers of tattva, contemplators of ultimate principles.
tattva-cintakāḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological teaching within the Purva-Bhaga context)