Shloka 18

अलिङ्ग-लिङ्ग-निरूपणं तथा प्राकृत-सृष्टिवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

तेनैव चावृतः सम्यग् अहंकारस् तमो ऽधिकः महतो भूततन्मात्रं सर्गकृद्वै बभूव च

Transliteration

tenaiva cāvṛtaḥ samyag ahaṃkāras tamo 'dhikaḥ mahato bhūtatanmātraṃ sargakṛdvai babhūva ca

Translation

Полностью покрытая тем самым тамасом, Ахамкара стала преимущественно тамасической; и из Великого Принципа (махат) возникли танматры — тонкие элементы — и порождение существ: так утвердился процесс творения.

Word by Word

• तेनैव: by that (very tamas) alone

• च: and

• आवृतः: covered, enveloped

• सम्यक्: completely, properly

• अहंकारः: ego-principle (ahaṃkāra)

• तमोऽधिकः: with tamas predominant, chiefly tamasic

• महतः: from mahat (the Great Principle)

• भूततन्मात्रम्: the subtle essences of the elements (tanmātras) leading to bhūtas

• सर्गकृत्: the maker/agent of creation

• वै: indeed

• बभूव: became, arose

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological sequence as taught in the Linga Purana tradition)