Shloka 55
Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्
Devanagari script
तेजो दशगुणेनैव वायुना बाह्यतो वृतम् वायुर्दशगुणेनैव बाह्यतो नभसा वृतः
Transliteration
tejo daśaguṇenaiva vāyunā bāhyato vṛtam vāyurdaśaguṇenaiva bāhyato nabhasā vṛtaḥ
Translation
तेजो दशगुणेनैव वायुना बाह्यतो वृतम्। वायुर्दशगुणेनैव बाह्यतो नभसा वृतः॥
Word by Word
tejaḥfire, the element of radiance
tejaḥ:
daśa-guṇenaby tenfold measure, ten times
daśa-guṇena:
evaindeed/only
eva:
vāyunāby air (vāyu)
vāyunā:
bāhyataḥon the outside, externally
bāhyataḥ:
vṛtamcovered, enclosed
vṛtam:
vāyuḥair/wind principle
vāyuḥ:
nabhasāby ether/space (ākāśa)
nabhasā:
vṛtaḥenclosed/veiled
vṛtaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmology of srishti to the sages at Naimisharanya)