Shloka 60

Adhyaya 17: लिङ्गोद्भव—ब्रह्मविष्ण्वहङ्कार-शमनं, ओंकार-प्रादुर्भावः, मन्त्र-तत्त्वं च

Devanagari script

सत्यमानन्दममृतं परं ब्रह्म परात्परम् एकाक्षरादकाराख्यो भगवान्कनकाण्डजः

Transliteration

satyamānandamamṛtaṃ paraṃ brahma parātparam ekākṣarādakārākhyo bhagavānkanakāṇḍajaḥ

Translation

Ele é a Verdade em si—o Êxtase em si—o Imortal; o Brahman Supremo, que transcende até o transcendente. Da Única Sílaba imperecível é conhecido como o som “A”; esse Senhor bem-aventurado, nascido do Ovo Cósmico dourado, é o Pati (Senhor) além de tudo.

Word by Word

• satyam: truth/reality

• ānandam: bliss

• amṛtam: deathless/immortal

• param: supreme

• brahma: Brahman, absolute reality

• parātparam: higher than the highest, beyond all transcendence

• ekākṣarāt: from the one syllable/imperishable syllable (praṇava)

• akāra-ākhyaḥ: named/characterized as the letter ‘A’

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord, the Possessor of divine powers

• kanaka-aṇḍa-jaḥ: born from the golden egg (Hiraṇyagarbha/cosmic origin)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the theology of the Linga’s supreme source within the Purva-Bhaga dialogue)