Shloka 6
Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्
Devanagari script
अनाद्यन्तमजं सूक्ष्मं त्रिगुणं प्रभवाव्ययम् अप्रकाशमविज्ञेयं ब्रह्माग्रे समवर्तत
Transliteration
anādyantamajaṃ sūkṣmaṃ triguṇaṃ prabhavāvyayam aprakāśamavijñeyaṃ brahmāgre samavartata
Translation
برہما سے پہلے وہی حقیقتِ برتر موجود تھی—بےآغاز و بےانجام، اَج (غیر پیداشدہ) اور لطیف؛ تین گُنوں کی اصل ہو کر بھی غیر فانی؛ حِسّی روشنی سے ماورا، عام ادراک سے ناقابلِ معرفت—آدی پرمیشور شِو (پتی) کی حیثیت سے قائم۔
Word by Word
anādi-antaṃwithout beginning or end
anādi-antaṃ:
ajamunborn
ajam:
sūkṣmamsubtle, supra-sensory
sūkṣmam:
triguṇamconnected with the three guṇas (sattva-rajas-tamas) as their ground
triguṇam:
prabhavathe originating source/cause
prabhava:
avyayamundecaying, imperishable
avyayam:
aprakāśamunmanifest, not an object of empirical light/appearance
aprakāśam:
avijñeyamnot knowable by ordinary intellect
avijñeyam:
brahma-agreprior to Brahmā / before creation
brahma-agre:
samavartataexisted, remained present/established
samavartata:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological teaching within the Purva-Bhaga)