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

ஆரம்பத்தில் தேவாதிதேவன் சனந்தன், சனகன், சனாதனன் ஆகியோரைப் படைத்தான். அந்த முனிவர்சிறந்தோர் நைஷ்கர்ம்ய சமாதியால் பரமபதத்தை அடைந்தனர்.

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)