Shloka 19

अग्नित्रय-पितृवंश-रुद्रसृष्टि-वैराग्योपदेशः

Devanagari script

लब्ध्वा ससर्ज सकलं शंकराच्चतुराननः जरामरणसंयुक्तं जगदेतच्चराचरम्

Transliteration

labdhvā sasarja sakalaṃ śaṃkarāccaturānanaḥ jarāmaraṇasaṃyuktaṃ jagadetaccarācaram

Translation

Nang matanggap ang kapangyarihan at utos mula kay Śaṅkara (Śiva), ang apat-ang-mukhang Brahmā ay lumikha ng buong sansinukob na ito—gumagalaw at di-gumagalaw—na may kalagayang pagtanda at kamatayan.

Word by Word

• labdhvā: having obtained/received

• sasarja: he created/emitted

• sakalam: the whole, entire

• śaṅkarāt: from Śaṅkara (Śiva)

• caturānanaḥ: the four-faced one (Brahmā)

• jarā: old age/decay

• maraṇa: death

• saṁyuktam: conjoined with, characterized by

• jagat: world/universe

• etat: this

• cara-acaram: moving and non-moving (sentient and insentient).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the creation account to the sages; describing Brahmā’s act empowered by Śiva)