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Shloka 34

Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्

ज्योतिश्चापि विकुर्वाणं रसमात्रं ससर्ज ह सम्भवन्ति ततो ह्यापस् ता वै सर्वरसात्मिकाः

jyotiścāpi vikurvāṇaṃ rasamātraṃ sasarja ha sambhavanti tato hyāpas tā vai sarvarasātmikāḥ

ज्योतिश्चापि विकुर्वाणं रसमात्रं ससर्ज ह। सम्भवन्ति ततो ह्यापस्ता वै सर्वरसात्मिकाः॥

jyotiḥprimordial light, luminous principle
jyotiḥ:
ca apiand also
ca api:
vikurvāṇamtransforming, modifying itself
vikurvāṇam:
rasa-mātramthe mere essence/principle of taste (rasa-tattva)
rasa-mātram:
sasarjacreated, emitted
sasarja:
haindeed (particle)
ha:
sambhavanticome into being, arise
sambhavanti:
tataḥfrom that
tataḥ:
hiindeed
hi:
āpaḥthe Waters (cosmic water principle)
āpaḥ:
tāḥthose
tāḥ:
vaiverily
vai:
sarva-rasa-ātmikāḥwhose essence is all rasa (all tastes/essences)
sarva-rasa-ātmikāḥ:

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmic creation sequence as taught in the Linga Purana)