Shloka 13

Brahmā’s Enumeration of Primacies (Ādi) and the Supremacy of Knowledge

Jñāna

Devanagari script

पर्वतानां महामेरु: सर्वेषामग्रज: स्मृत: । दिशां च प्रदिशां चोर्ध्व॑ दिक्पूर्वा प्रथणा तथा,समस्त पर्वतोंमें सबसे पहले महामेरुगिरिकी उत्पत्ति हुई है। दिशा और विदिशाओंमें पूर्व दिशा उत्तम और आदि मानी गयी है

Transliteration

parvatānāṃ mahāmeruḥ sarveṣām agrajaḥ smṛtaḥ | diśāṃ ca pradiśāṃ cordhvaṃ dik pūrvā prathanā tathā ||

Translation

Vāyu disse: “Entre todas as montanhas, Mahāmeru é lembrado como o primogénito e o mais eminente. Do mesmo modo, entre as direções e as direções intermédias, o Oriente é considerado o principal—preeminente e original.”

Word by Word

पर्वतानाम्of mountains / among mountains

महामेरुःMahāmeru (the great Meru)

सर्वेषाम्of all

अग्रजःthe eldest / first-born / foremost

स्मृतःis considered / is remembered (as)

दिशाम्of the directions

चand

प्रदिशाम्of the intermediate directions

चand

ऊर्ध्वम्above / upward

दिक्direction (quarter)

पूर्वाeastern / prior

प्रथमाfirst / foremost

तथाthus / likewise

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Mahāmeru (Meru Mountain)

Pūrvā Diś (East)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes