Shloka 9

अविद्या-पञ्चक, नवसर्ग-क्रमः, प्रजापति-प्रसवः

Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 5

Devanagari script

पुरस्तादसृजद्देवः सनन्दं सनकं तथा सनातनं मुनिश्रेष्ठा नैष्कर्म्येण गताः परम्

Transliteration

purastādasṛjaddevaḥ sanandaṃ sanakaṃ tathā sanātanaṃ muniśreṣṭhā naiṣkarmyeṇa gatāḥ param

Translation

पुरस्तादेव देवः सनन्दं सनकं तथा सनातनं च ससर्ज; ते मुनिश्रेष्ठा नैष्कर्म्ययोगेन परं पदं प्राप्तवन्तः।

Word by Word

• purastāt: in the beginning/at first

• asṛjat: created/emanated

• devaḥ: the Lord (the divine creator principle, i.e., Brahmā under the Supreme)

• sanandam: Sananda

• sanakam: Sanaka

• tathā: and also

• sanātanam: Sanātana

• muni-śreṣṭhāḥ: best among sages

• naiṣkarmyeṇa: by naiṣkarmya (freedom from action and its binding fruits)

• gatāḥ: went/attained

• param: the Supreme (Para, liberation).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the creation account as transmitted in the Purana)