Shloka 30
अलिङ्ग-लिङ्ग-निरूपणं तथा प्राकृत-सृष्टिवर्णनम्
Devanagari script
अण्डं दशगुणेनैव वारिणा प्रावृतं बहिः आपो दशगुणेनैव तद्बाह्यस्तेजसा वृताः
Transliteration
aṇḍaṃ daśaguṇenaiva vāriṇā prāvṛtaṃ bahiḥ āpo daśaguṇenaiva tadbāhyastejasā vṛtāḥ
Translation
ไข่จักรวาลถูกห่อหุ้มภายนอกด้วยน้ำเป็นสิบเท่า; และน้ำนั้นเองก็ยังถูกล้อมรอบภายนอกออกไปอีกสิบเท่าด้วยเตชัส คือไฟ
Word by Word
अण्डम् (aṇḍam)cosmic egg, brahmāṇḍa
अण्डम् (aṇḍam):
दशगुणेन (daśa-guṇena)tenfold (in extent/measure)
दशगुणेन (daśa-guṇena):
एव (eva)indeed
एव (eva):
वारिणा (vāriṇā)by water
वारिणा (vāriṇā):
प्रावृतम् (prāvṛtam)covered, enveloped
प्रावृतम् (prāvṛtam):
बहिः (bahiḥ)on the outside
बहिः (bahiḥ):
आपः (āpaḥ)the waters
आपः (āpaḥ):
दशगुणेन (daśa-guṇena)tenfold
दशगुणेन (daśa-guṇena):
एव (eva)indeed
एव (eva):
तत्-बाह्यः (tad-bāhyaḥ)outside of that, beyond it
तत्-बाह्यः (tad-bāhyaḥ):
तेजसा (tejasā)by fire, by radiance
तेजसा (tejasā):
वृताः (vṛtāḥ)enclosed, surrounded.
वृताः (vṛtāḥ):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmology to the sages of Naimisharanya)