Shloka 8

Adhyaya 17: लिङ्गोद्भव—ब्रह्मविष्ण्वहङ्कार-शमनं, ओंकार-प्रादुर्भावः, मन्त्र-तत्त्वं च

Devanagari script

विनाधिपत्यं समतां गते ऽन्ते ब्रह्मणो मम शुष्के च स्थावरे सर्वे त्व् अनावृष्ट्या च सर्वशः

Transliteration

vinādhipatyaṃ samatāṃ gate 'nte brahmaṇo mama śuṣke ca sthāvare sarve tv anāvṛṣṭyā ca sarvaśaḥ

Translation

当我作为梵天的主宰权至于终尽，万有归于一味平齐之境；因遍处无雨，诸不动之类尽皆枯槁。于此秩序崩坏之时，若无主宰（Pati）湿婆之恩典，缚魂（Paśu）便无所依怙。

Word by Word

• vinā: without

• adhipatyam: lordship/sovereignty

• samatām: equality/leveling (a uniform state)

• gate: having gone/attained

• ante: at the end

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā (the creator)

• mama: of me/my

• śuṣke: dried up/parched

• ca: and

• sthāvare: among the immovable beings

• sarve: all

• tu: indeed

• anāvṛṣṭyā: because of non-rain/drought

• ca: and

• sarvaśaḥ: everywhere/in every way

Speaker

Brahma (within Suta’s narration)