Shloka 191

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

Devanagari script

गृहमेधिनः पुराणास् ते धर्मस् तैः सम्प्रवर्तितः तेषां द्वादश ते वंशा दिव्या देवगुणान्विताः

Transliteration

gṛhamedhinaḥ purāṇās te dharmas taiḥ sampravartitaḥ teṣāṃ dvādaśa te vaṃśā divyā devaguṇānvitāḥ

Translation

Aqueles antigos chefes de família (gṛhamedhin), por meio das tradições que instituíram, puseram em movimento o curso do Dharma; deles surgiram doze linhagens—famílias divinas dotadas das qualidades dos deuses.

Word by Word

• gṛhamedhinaḥ: householders dedicated to sacred duties

• purāṇāḥ: ancient ones, of old

• te: they/those

• dharmaḥ: Dharma, righteous order

• taiḥ: by them

• sampravartitaḥ: fully set in motion, established in practice

• teṣām: of them

• dvādaśa: twelve

• te: those

• vaṃśāḥ: lineages, dynasties

• divyāḥ: divine, luminous

• devaguṇa-anvitāḥ: endowed with divine qualities

Speaker

Suta Goswami