Shloka 9

Adhyaya 59 — सूर्याद्यभिषेककथनम्

Surya and Related Abhisheka/ Cosmological Determinations

Devanagari script

सो ऽग्निं सृष्ट्वाथ लोकादौ पृथिवीजलसंश्रितः संहृत्य तत्प्रकाशार्थं त्रिधा व्यभजदीश्वरः

Transliteration

so 'gniṃ sṛṣṭvātha lokādau pṛthivījalasaṃśritaḥ saṃhṛtya tatprakāśārthaṃ tridhā vyabhajadīśvaraḥ

Translation

Сотворив прежде всего Агни в начале миров, Владыка — пребывающий через землю и воду — затем собрал тот огонь и, дабы его сияние действовало, разделил его на три вида.

Word by Word

• saḥ: He (the Lord)

• agnim: fire, Agni (principle of light/heat)

• sṛṣṭvā: having created/manifested

• atha: then

• loka-ādau: at the beginning of the worlds

• pṛthivī-jala-saṃśritaḥ: established in/associated with earth and water

• saṃhṛtya: having withdrawn, reabsorbed

• tat-prakāśa-artham: for the purpose of its illumination/manifestation

• tri-dhā: into threefold division

• vyabhajat: divided, apportioned

• īśvaraḥ: the Lord, Pati (Śiva as sovereign).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmic account to the sages of Naimisharanya)