Shloka 74
Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्
Devanagari script
तिले यथा भवेत्तैलं घृतं पयसि वा स्थितम् तथा तमसि सत्त्वे च रजस्यनुसृतं जगत्
Transliteration
tile yathā bhavettailaṃ ghṛtaṃ payasi vā sthitam tathā tamasi sattve ca rajasyanusṛtaṃ jagat
Translation
ดุจน้ำมันมีอยู่ในเมล็ดงา และเนยใสสถิตอยู่ในน้ำนม ฉันใด โลกทั้งปวงก็แทรกซึมและดำเนินไปภายในตมัส สัตตวะ และรชัส ฉันนั้น.
Word by Word
तिले (tile)in sesame seeds
तिले (tile):
यथा (yathā)just as
यथा (yathā):
भवेत् (bhavet)comes to be/is found
भवेत् (bhavet):
तैलम् (tailam)oil
तैलम् (tailam):
घृतम् (ghṛtam)ghee/clarified butter
घृतम् (ghṛtam):
पयसि (payasi)in milk
पयसि (payasi):
वा (vā)or/and
वा (vā):
स्थितम् (sthitam)abiding/placed
स्थितम् (sthitam):
तथा (tathā)so/likewise
तथा (tathā):
तमसि (tamasi)in tamas (inertia/darkness)
तमसि (tamasi):
सत्त्वे (sattve)in sattva (clarity/light)
सत्त्वे (sattve):
च (ca)and
च (ca):
रजसि (rajasi)in rajas (activity/passion)
रजसि (rajasi):
अनुसृतम् (anusṛtam)pervaded, followed through, carried along
अनुसृतम् (anusṛtam):
जगत् (jagat)the world/universe
जगत् (jagat):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya; conveying the siddhanta of guṇa-pervasion under Pati)