Shloka 4

Adhyaya 45: Rudra as Sarvatma—Seven Lokas, Seven Talas, and the Cosmic Body of Shiva

Devanagari script

अनेन निर्मितास्त्वेवं तदात्मानो द्विजर्षभाः समष्टिरूपः सर्वात्मा संस्थितः सर्वदा शिवः

Transliteration

anena nirmitāstvevaṃ tadātmāno dvijarṣabhāḥ samaṣṭirūpaḥ sarvātmā saṃsthitaḥ sarvadā śivaḥ

Translation

Assim, ó melhor entre os duas-vezes-nascidos, por Ele tudo isto foi moldado como expressão do Seu próprio ser. Śiva—sempre estabelecido como o Si de todos—permanece perpetuamente na forma universal e coletiva (samaṣṭi-rūpa).

Word by Word

• अनेन (anena): by Him/through this (Supreme cause)

• निर्मिताः (nirmitāḥ): created, fashioned

• तु (tu): indeed

• एवम् (evaṃ): thus

• तदात्मानः (tad-ātmānaḥ): having Him as their very self, of His essence

• द्विजर्षभाः (dvijarṣabhāḥ): O bull among the twice-born (address to sages/Brahmins)

• समष्टिरूपः (samaṣṭi-rūpaḥ): having the collective/universal form

• सर्वात्मा (sarvātmā): the Self of all beings

• संस्थितः (saṃsthitaḥ): established, abiding

• सर्वदा (sarvadā): always

• शिवः (śivaḥ): Shiva, the auspicious Lord (Pati).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)