Shloka 1

Brahmā’s Yogic Vision of Sadyōjāta in the Śvetalohita Kalpa

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः कथं वै दृष्टवान्ब्रह्मा सद्योजातं महेश्वरम् वामदेवं महात्मानं पुराणपुरुषोत्तमम्

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ kathaṃ vai dṛṣṭavānbrahmā sadyojātaṃ maheśvaram vāmadevaṃ mahātmānaṃ purāṇapuruṣottamam

Translation

ऋषय ऊचुः—कथं वै ब्रह्मा सद्योजातं महेश्वरं वामदेवं च महात्मानं पुराणपुरुषोत्तमं नित्यपुरुषेषु परं दृष्टवान्?

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: the sages

• ऊचुः: said

• कथम्: how

• वै: indeed

• दृष्टवान्: saw/beheld

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā

• सद्योजातम्: (as) Sadyojāta, the ‘newly-manifest’ face/aspect of Śiva

• महेश्वरम्: Maheśvara, the Great Lord (Pati)

• वामदेवम्: Vāmadeva, the auspicious leftward/beautiful aspect of Śiva

• महात्मानम्: great-souled, exalted

• पुराण-पुरुष-उत्तमम्: the Supreme Person who is primeval/ancient (Purāṇa) and highest (Uttama) among Puruṣas

Speaker

Sages (Ṛṣis) at Naimiṣāraṇya (addressing Sūta’s narration)