Shloka 30

Adhyaya 17: लिङ्गोद्भव—ब्रह्मविष्ण्वहङ्कार-शमनं, ओंकार-प्रादुर्भावः, मन्त्र-तत्त्वं च

Devanagari script

सृष्टा बुद्धिर्मया तस्याम् अहङ्कारस्त्रिधा ततः तन्मात्रापञ्चकं तस्मान् मनः षष्ठेन्द्रियाणि च

Transliteration

sṛṣṭā buddhirmayā tasyām ahaṅkārastridhā tataḥ tanmātrāpañcakaṃ tasmān manaḥ ṣaṣṭhendriyāṇi ca

Translation

அந்த ஆதித் தத்துவத்திலிருந்து நான் புத்தியைப் படைத்தேன். அந்த புத்தியிலேயே பின்னர் மூவகை அகங்காரம் எழுந்தது. அந்த அகங்காரத்திலிருந்து ஐந்து தன்மாத்திரைகள், மேலும் மனமும் ஆறு இந்திரிய சக்திகளும் வெளிப்பட்டன.

Word by Word

• सृष्टा: created/emanated

• बुद्धिः: intellect (buddhi-tattva)

• मया: by me (the Lord as Pati, the causal source)

• तस्याम्: in that (in buddhi / in that principle)

• अहङ्कारः: ego-principle (ahaṅkāra-tattva)

• त्रिधा: threefold (sāttvika/taijasa/tāmasa)

• ततः: then/thereafter

• तन्मात्रापञ्चकम्: the five subtle elements (sound, touch, form, taste, smell)

• तस्मात्: from that

• मनः: mind (manas)

• षष्ठेन्द्रियाणि: the six indriyas/sense-powers (mind counted as sixth / or the set including manas)

• च: and

Speaker

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