Shloka 4

Brahmā’s Yogic Vision of Sadyōjāta in the Śvetalohita Kalpa

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा पुरुषं श्रीमान् ब्रह्मा वै विश्वतोमुखः हृदि कृत्वा महात्मानं ब्रह्मरूपिणमीश्वरम्

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā puruṣaṃ śrīmān brahmā vai viśvatomukhaḥ hṛdi kṛtvā mahātmānaṃ brahmarūpiṇamīśvaram

Translation

เมื่อได้เห็นปุรุษนั้น พรหมาผู้รุ่งเรือง ผู้หันพระพักตร์ไปทุกทิศ ได้อัญเชิญพระอีศวรผู้มีมหาตมัน ผู้เป็นรูปแห่งพรหมัน ไว้ในพระหฤทัย

Word by Word

• तम् (taṁ): him/that

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā): having seen

• पुरुषम् (puruṣam): the Supreme Person

• श्रीमान् (śrīmān): glorious, endowed with splendor

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā): Brahmā

• वै (vai): indeed

• विश्वतोमुखः (viśvatomukhaḥ): facing all directions, all-faced

• हृदि (hṛdi): in the heart

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā): having placed/held

• महात्मानम् (mahātmānam): the great-souled one

• ब्रह्मरूपिणम् (brahma-rūpiṇam): whose form is Brahman, Brahman-natured

• ईश्वरम् (īśvaram): the Lord, Pati (Supreme Ruler).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purāṇic account; internal focus on Brahmā’s realization)