Shloka 85

Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्

Devanagari script

संसिद्धः कार्यकरणे रुद्रश्चाग्रे ह्यवर्तत तेजसाप्रतिमो धीमान् अव्यक्तः सम्प्रकाशकः

Transliteration

saṃsiddhaḥ kāryakaraṇe rudraścāgre hyavartata tejasāpratimo dhīmān avyaktaḥ samprakāśakaḥ

Translation

ਰੁਦ੍ਰ ਆਰੰਭ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੀ ਵਿਦਮਾਨ ਸੀ—ਸਾਰੇ ਕਾਰਜ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੂਰਨ ਸਿੱਧ। ਤੇਜ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਤੁਲ, ਧੀਮਾਨ; ਅੰਦਰੋਂ ਅਵ੍ਯਕਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਵੀ ਸਭ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਿਤ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ।

Word by Word

• संसिद्धः: perfectly accomplished/fully perfected

• कार्यकरणे: in the performance of action and its instruments (in effectuating works)

• रुद्रः: Rudra (Shiva, the Pati)

• च: and

• अग्रे: at the beginning/first

• हि: indeed

• अवर्तत: existed/abided/was present

• तेजसा: by splendor, by spiritual radiance

• अप्रतिमः: incomparable, without equal

• धीमान्: wise, possessing awakened intelligence

• अव्यक्तः: unmanifest (beyond gross perception)

• सम्प्रकाशकः: the illuminator, revealer, the one who makes manifest.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages at Naimisharanya)