Shloka 32
Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्
Devanagari script
आकाशं शब्दमात्रं तु स्पर्शमात्रं समावृणोत् वायुश्चापि विकुर्वाणो रूपमात्रं ससर्ज ह
Transliteration
ākāśaṃ śabdamātraṃ tu sparśamātraṃ samāvṛṇot vāyuścāpi vikurvāṇo rūpamātraṃ sasarja ha
Translation
आकाशं शब्दमात्रं तु स्पर्शमात्रं समावृणोत्। वायुश्चापि विकुर्वाणो रूपमात्रं ससर्ज ह॥
Word by Word
ākāśamether/space-element
ākāśam:
śabda-mātramsound-potential alone (subtle tanmātra)
śabda-mātram:
tuindeed
tu:
sparśa-mātramtouch-potential alone (subtle tanmātra)
sparśa-mātram:
samāvṛṇotcovered/produced/manifested (as the next subtle quality)
samāvṛṇot:
vāyuḥ ca apiand also Vāyu (air-element)
vāyuḥ ca api:
vikurvāṇaḥtransforming/modifying
vikurvāṇaḥ:
rūpa-mātramform/colour-potential alone (subtle tanmātra)
rūpa-mātram:
sasarja hacreated/emanated (indeed)
sasarja ha:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological sequence to the sages of Naimisharanya)