Shloka 28
अलिङ्ग-लिङ्ग-निरूपणं तथा प्राकृत-सृष्टिवर्णनम्
Devanagari script
महदादिविशेषान्ता ह्य् अण्डमुत्पादयन्ति च जलबुद्बुदवत्तस्माद् अवतीर्णः पितामहः
Transliteration
mahadādiviśeṣāntā hy aṇḍamutpādayanti ca jalabudbudavattasmād avatīrṇaḥ pitāmahaḥ
Translation
महदादिविशेषान्ताः खल्वण्डमुत्पादयन्ति; तस्मादण्डात् जलबुद्बुदवत् पितामहः प्रादुरभवत्।
Word by Word
mahat-ādibeginning with Mahat (cosmic intellect)
mahat-ādi:
viśeṣa-antaending in the viśeṣas (particularized elements)
viśeṣa-anta:
hiindeed
hi:
aṇḍamthe cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa)
aṇḍam:
utpādayantithey bring forth, generate
utpādayanti:
caand
ca:
jala-budbuda-vatlike a water-bubble
jala-budbuda-vat:
tasmātfrom that, therefore
tasmāt:
avatīrṇaḥdescended, came forth into manifestation
avatīrṇaḥ:
pitāmahaḥthe Grandfather, Brahmā
pitāmahaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the creation sequence as taught in the Purana)