Shloka 45
Adhyaya 17: लिङ्गोद्भव—ब्रह्मविष्ण्वहङ्कार-शमनं, ओंकार-प्रादुर्भावः, मन्त्र-तत्त्वं च
Devanagari script
सत्वरं सर्वयत्नेन तस्यान्तं ज्ञातुमिच्छया श्रान्तो ह्यदृष्ट्वा तस्यान्तम् अहङ्कारादधोगतः
Transliteration
satvaraṃ sarvayatnena tasyāntaṃ jñātumicchayā śrānto hyadṛṣṭvā tasyāntam ahaṅkārādadhogataḥ
Translation
Sa pagmamadali at buong pagsisikap, sa pagnanais na malaman ang hangganan nito, siya’y napagod; at dahil hindi niya nakita ang hangganang iyon, siya’y bumagsak pababa—ibinaba ng sarili niyang pagkamakasarili at pagmamataas.
Word by Word
satvaramswiftly, in haste
satvaram:
sarva-yatnenawith every effort
sarva-yatnena:
tasyaof that (Liṅga/column of light)
tasya:
antamthe end, limit
antam:
jñātumto know
jñātum:
icchayāwith the desire
icchayā:
śrāntaḥexhausted, weary
śrāntaḥ:
hiindeed
hi:
adṛṣṭvānot seeing, not finding
adṛṣṭvā:
tasya antamits limit
tasya antam:
ahaṅkārātdue to egoism/pride
ahaṅkārāt:
adhogataḥwent downward, fell below
adhogataḥ:
Speaker
Sūta (narrating the Brahmā–Viṣṇu encounter with the infinite Liṅga)