Shloka 12
Adhyaya 75: Nishkala–Sakala Shiva, Twofold Linga, and the Supremacy of Dhyana-Yajna
Devanagari script
अथानेनैव कर्मात्मा प्रकृतेस्तु प्रवर्तकः पुंसां तु पुरुषः श्रीमान् ज्ञानगम्यो न चान्यथा
Transliteration
athānenaiva karmātmā prakṛtestu pravartakaḥ puṃsāṃ tu puruṣaḥ śrīmān jñānagamyo na cānyathā
Translation
Kaya nga, sa Kanya lamang—ang Sarili ng gawa (karma)—naipapagalaw ang pag-iral at pag-usad ng Prakṛti; at para sa mga nilalang na may katawan, ang mapalad na Puruṣa (ang Panginoon, Pati) ay maaabot lamang sa pamamagitan ng tunay na kaalaman, at hindi sa ibang paraan.
Word by Word
athathus/now
atha:
anena evaby this One alone (by Him alone)
anena eva:
karma-ātmāwhose essence is action/the inner Self of all activity
karma-ātmā:
prakṛteḥ tuof Prakṛti indeed
prakṛteḥ tu:
pravartakaḥthe impeller/initiator/one who sets in motion
pravartakaḥ:
puṃsām tufor beings/for souls (pashus) indeed
puṃsām tu:
puruṣaḥthe Puruṣa, conscious Lord/inner ruler
puruṣaḥ:
śrīmānauspicious, glorious, endowed with Śrī
śrīmān:
jñāna-gamyaḥreachable/realizable through knowledge
jñāna-gamyaḥ:
na ca anyathāand not otherwise.
na ca anyathā:
Speaker
Suta (narrating the teaching within the Purana to the sages at Naimisharanya)