Sunday, May 1, 2011

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.1.35

vijñāna-śaktiḿ mahim āmananti

sarvātmano 'ntaḥ-karaṇaḿ giritram

aśvāśvatary-uṣṭra-gajā nakhāni

sarve mṛgāḥ paśavaḥ śroṇi-deśe

SYNONYMS

vijñāna-śaktim — consciousness; mahim — the principle of matter; āmananti — they call it so; sarva-ātmanaḥ — of the omnipresent; antaḥ-karaṇam — ego; giritram — Rudra (Śiva); aśva — horse; aśvatari — mule; uṣṭra — camel; gajāḥ — elephant; nakhāni — nails; sarve — all other; mṛgāḥ — stags; paśavaḥ — quadrupeds; śroṇi-deśe — on the region of the belt.

TRANSLATION

The principle of matter [mahat-tattva] is the consciousness of the omnipresent Lord, as asserted by the experts, and Rudradeva is His ego. The horse, mule, camel and elephant are His nails, and wild animals and all quadrupeds are situated in the belt zone of the Lord.

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