Shiva Purana

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नन्दीश्वर उवाच ॥ स मायया महेशस्य मोहितः पद्मसम्भवः ॥ अविज्ञाय परम्भावं संभावं प्रत्युवाच ह ॥ ११॥

Nandīśvara said:— Deluded by the Māyā of great lord and not knowing the great fact the lotus-born Brahmā replied haughtily.

english translation

nandIzvara uvAca ॥ sa mAyayA mahezasya mohitaH padmasambhavaH ॥ avijJAya parambhAvaM saMbhAvaM pratyuvAca ha ॥ 11॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ हे सुरा ऋषयः सर्व्वे सुमत्या शृणुतादरात् ॥ वच्म्यहं परमं तत्त्वमव्ययं वै यथार्थतः ॥ १२ ॥

Brahmā said:— O gods, O sages, all of you listen with attention and intelligence I shall describe the great unchanging entity as it really is.

english translation

brahmovAca ॥ he surA RSayaH sarvve sumatyA zRNutAdarAt ॥ vacmyahaM paramaM tattvamavyayaM vai yathArthataH ॥ 12 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

जगद्योनिरहं धाता स्वयम्भूरज ईश्वरः ॥ अनादिभागहं ब्रह्म ह्येक आत्मा निरञ्जनः॥ १३॥

I am the womb (material cause) of the universe, the creator, the self-born, the unborn, the lord, the primordial being, the Brahman, the sole unsullied soul.

english translation

jagadyonirahaM dhAtA svayambhUraja IzvaraH ॥ anAdibhAgahaM brahma hyeka AtmA niraJjanaH॥ 13॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

प्रवर्तको हि जगतामहमेव निवर्त्तकः ॥ संवर्तको मदधिको नान्यः कश्चित्सुरोत्तमाः ॥ १४ ॥

O excellent gods, I am the instigator of the worlds, and the deterrent too. There is none greater than I or any other who causes their revolution.

english translation

pravartako hi jagatAmahameva nivarttakaH ॥ saMvartako madadhiko nAnyaH kazcitsurottamAH ॥ 14 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

नन्दीश्वर उवाच ॥ तस्यैवं वदतो धातुर्विष्णुस्तत्र स्थितो मुने ॥ प्रोवाच प्रहसन्वाक्यं संक्रुद्धो मोहितोऽजया ॥ १५॥

Nandīśvara said:— While the Creator was saying thus, O sage, Viṣṇu who was there became angry as he too was deluded by Māyā. He spoke these words derisively.

english translation

nandIzvara uvAca ॥ tasyaivaM vadato dhAturviSNustatra sthito mune ॥ provAca prahasanvAkyaM saMkruddho mohito'jayA ॥ 15॥

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