1. प्रथमोऽध्यायः
प्रथमोऽध्यायः
Verse १
हरिः ॐ॥ आत्मा वा इदमेक एवाग्र आसीन्नान्यत्किञ्चन मिषत्।स ईक्षत लोकान्नु सृजा इति ॥
hariḥ om|| ātmā vā idameka evāgra āsīnnānyatkiñcana miṣat | sa īkṣata lokānnu sṛjā iti ||
In the beginning the Spirit was One and all this (universe) was the Spirit; there was nought else that saw. The Spirit thought, “Lo, I will make me worlds from out my being.” अग्ने - agne - in the beginning | आत्मा - ātmā - the Spirit | एकः एव - ekaḥ eva - One | आसीत् - āsīt - was | इदम् वै - idam vai - and all this (universe was the Spirit) | न अन्यत् किञ्चन - na anyat kiñcana - there was nought else | मिषत् - miṣat - that saw | सः ईक्षत - saḥ īkṣata - the Spirit thought | लोकान् नु सृजै इति - lokān nu sṛjai iti - I will make me worlds from out my being | m ! May my speech be based on (i.e. accord with) the mind; May my mind be based on speech. O Self-effulgent One, reveal Thyself to me. May you both (speech and mind) be the carriers of the Veda to me. May not all that I have heard depart from me. I shall join together (i.e. obliterate the difference of) day And night through this study. I shall utter what is verbally true; I shall utter what is mentally true. May that (Brahman) protect me; May That protect the speaker (i.e. the teacher), may That protect me; May that protect the speaker - may That protect the speaker. Om ! Peace ! Peace ! Peace !
आरम्भ में 'एकमेव' 'परमात्म-चैतन्य' था तथा यह सब (सम्पूर्ण जगत्) 'परमात्म-चैतन्य' ही था; इसके अतिरिक्त अन्य कोई द्रष्टा नहीं था। 'परमात्म-चैतन्य' ने विचार किया, ''अरे, मैं अपनी ही सत्ता में से स्वयं को लोकों के रूप में सृष्ट कर दूँ।''
Verse २
स इमांल्लोकानसृजत - - अम्भो मरीचीर्ममापोऽम्भः परेण दिवं द्यौः प्रतिष्ठाऽन्तरिक्षं मरीचयः॥पृथिवी मरो या अधस्तात्ता आपः ॥
sa imāṁllokānasṛjata - - ambho marīcīrmamāpo'mbhaḥ pareṇa divaṁ dyauḥ pratiṣṭhā'ntarikṣaṁ marīcayaḥ ||pṛthivī maro yā adhastāttā āpaḥ ||
These were the worlds he made; Ambhah, of the ethereal waters, Marichih of light, Mara, of death and mortal things, Apah, of the lower waters. Beyond the shining firmament are the ethereal waters and the firmament is their base and resting place; Space is the world of light; the earth is the world mortal; and below the earth are the lower waters. सः - saḥ - he | इमान् लोकान् - imān lokān - these worlds | असृजत - asṛjata - made | अम्भः - ambhaḥ - the ethereal waters | मरीचीः - marīcīḥ - light, Apah | मरम् - maram - death and mortal things | आपः - āpaḥ - the lower waters | दिवम् अन्तरिक्षम् परेण - divam antarikṣam pareṇa - beyond the shining firmament | अम्भः - ambhaḥ - are the ethereal waters | अदः प्रतिष्ठा - adaḥ pratiṣṭhā - the firmament is their base and resting place | दौः मरीचयः - dauḥ marīcayaḥ - Space is the world of light | पृथिवी मरः - pṛthivī maraḥ - the earth is the world mortal | याः अधस्तात् - yāḥ adhastāt - that below the earth | ताः आपः - tāḥ āpaḥ - are the lower waters | In the beginning this was but the absolute Self alone. There was nothing else whatsoever that winked. He thought, "Let Me create the worlds."
उसने इन लोकों की सृष्टि की; 'अम्भः-आकाशीय जलों का लोक, 'मरीचीः'-प्रकाश का लोक, 'भ्रम्'–मृत्यु एवं मर्त्य वस्तुओं का लोक, 'आपः' -निम्नतर जलों का लोक। प्रकाशमय द्युलोक से परे हैं आकाशीय जल, तथा द्युलोक है उनका आधारभूत विश्राम-स्थल; 'अन्तरिक्ष' है प्रकाश का लोक; पृथ्वी है मर्त्यलोक; तथा पृथ्वी के नीचे हैं निम्नतर जल।
Verse ३
स ईक्षतेमे नु लोका लोकपालान्नु सृजा इति॥सोऽद्भ्य एव पुरुषं समुद्धृत्यामूर्च्छयत् ॥
sa īkṣateme nu lokā lokapālānnu sṛjā iti ||so'dbhya eva puruṣaṁ samuddhṛtyāmūrcchayat ||
The Spirit thought, “Lo, these are the worlds; and now will I make me guardians for my worlds.” Therefore he gathered the Purusha out of the waters and gave Him shape and substance. सः ईक्षत - saḥ īkṣata - the Spirit thought | इमे नु लोकाः - ime nu lokāḥ - Lo, these are the worlds | लोकपालान् नु - lokapālān nu - guardians for my worlds | सृजै इति - sṛjai iti - now will I make | सः - saḥ - he | अद्भ्यः एव - adbhyaḥ eva - out of the waters | पुरुषम् - puruṣam - the Purusha | समुद्धृत्य - samuddhṛtya - gathered | अमूर्च्छयत् - amūrcchayat - gave shape and substance | He created these world, viz. ambhas, marici, mara, apah. That which is beyond heaven is ambhas. Heaven is its support. The sky is marici. The earth is mara. The worlds that are below are the apah.
'परमात्म-चैतन्य' ने विचार किया, ''ये तो हैं लोके; और अब मैं स्वयं को इन लोकों के लिए लोकपालों के रूप में सृष्ट करूँगा। ''अतः उसने जलों से 'पुरुष' को एकीभूत करके निकाला तथा 'उसे' रूप एवं तात्त्विकता प्रदान की।
Verse ४
तमभ्यतपत्तस्याभितप्तस्य मुखं निरभिद्यत यथाऽण्डं मुखाद्वाग्वाचोऽग्निर्नासिके निरभिद्येतां नासिकाभ्यां प्राणः॥प्राणाद्वायुरक्षिणी निरभिद्येतमक्षीभ्यां चक्षुश्चक्षुष आदित्यः कर्णौ निरभिद्येतां कर्णाभ्यां श्रोत्रं श्रोत्राद्दिशस्त्वङ् निरभिद्यत त्वचो लोमानि लोमभ्य ओषधिवनस्पतयो हृदयं निरभिद्यत हृदयान्मनो मनसश्चन्द्रमा नाभिर्निरभिद्यत नाभ्या अपानोऽपानान्मृत्युः शिश्नं निरभिद्यत शिश्नाद्रेतो रेतस आपः ॥
tamabhyatapattasyābhitaptasya mukhaṁ nirabhidyata yathā'ṇḍaṁ mukhādvāgvāco'gnirnāsike nirabhidyetāṁ nāsikābhyāṁ prāṇaḥ ||prāṇādvāyurakṣiṇī nirabhidyetamakṣībhyāṁ cakṣuścakṣuṣa ādityaḥ karṇau nirabhidyetāṁ karṇābhyāṁ śrotraṁ śrotrāddiśastvaṅ nirabhidyata tvaco lomāni lomabhya oṣadhivanaspatayo hṛdayaṁ nirabhidyata hṛdayānmano manasaścandramā nābhirnirabhidyata nābhyā apāno'pānānmṛtyuḥ śiśnaṁ nirabhidyata śiśnādreto retasa āpaḥ ||
Yea, the Spirit brooded over Him and of Him thus brooded over the mouth broke forth, as when an egg is hatched and breaketh; from the mouth brake Speech and of Speech fire was born. The nostrils brake forth and from the nostrils Breath and of Breath air was born. The eyes brake forth and from the eyes Sight and of Sight the Sun was born. The ears brake forth and from the ears Hearing and of Hearing the regions were born. The skin brake forth and from the skin hairs and from the hairs herbs of healing and all trees and plants were born. The heart brake forth and from the heart Mind and of Mind the moon was born. The navel brake forth and from the navel Apana and of Apana Death was born. The organ of pleasure brake forth and from the organ seed and of seed the waters were born. तम् अभ्यतपत् - tam abhyatapat - the Spirit brooded over Him | त्स्य अभितप्तस्य - tsya abhitaptasya - of Him thus brooded over | अण्डम् यथा - aṇḍam yathā - as when an egg is hatched and breaketh | मुखम् निरभिद्यत - mukham nirabhidyata - the mouth broke forth | मुखात् वाक् - mukhāt vāk - from the mouth brake Speech | वाचः अग्निः - vācaḥ agniḥ - of Speech fire was born | नासिके निरभिद्येताम् - nāsike nirabhidyetām - the nostrils brake forth | नासिकभ्याम् प्राणः - nāsikabhyām prāṇaḥ - from the nostrils Breath | प्राणात् वायुः - prāṇāt vāyuḥ - of Breath air was born | अक्षिणी निरभिद्येताम् - akṣiṇī nirabhidyetām - the eyes brake forth | अक्षिभ्याम् चक्षुः - akṣibhyām cakṣuḥ - from the eyes Sight | चक्षुषः आदित्यः - cakṣuṣaḥ ādityaḥ - of Sight the Sun was born | कर्णभ्याम् श्रोत्रम् - karṇabhyām śrotram - from the ears Hearing | श्रोत्रात् दिशः - śrotrāt diśaḥ - of Hearing the regions were born | त्वक् निरभिद्यत - tvak nirabhidyata - the skin brake forth | त्वचः लोमानि - tvacaḥ lomāni - from the skin hairs | लोमभ्यः ओषधिवनस्पतयः - lomabhyaḥ oṣadhivanaspatayaḥ - from the hairs herbs of healing and all trees and plants were born | हृदयम् निराभेद्यत - hṛdayam nirābhedyata - the heart brake forth | हृदयात् मनः - hṛdayāt manaḥ - from the heart Mind | मनसः चन्द्रमाः - manasaḥ candramāḥ - of Mind the moon was born | नाभिः निरभिद्यत - nābhiḥ nirabhidyata - the navel brake forth | नाभ्याः अपानः - nābhyāḥ apānaḥ - from the navel Apana | अपानात् मृत्युः - apānāt mṛtyuḥ - of Apana Death was born | शिश्नम् निरभिद्यत - śiśnam nirabhidyata - the organ of pleasure brake forth | रेतसः आपः - retasaḥ āpaḥ - of seed the waters were born | शिश्रात् रेतः - śiśrāt retaḥ - from the organ seed | He thought, "These then are the worlds. Let Me create the protectors of the worlds." Having gathered up a (lump of the) human form from the water itself, He gave shape to it.
और 'परमात्म-चैतन्य' ने 'उसका' (पुरुष का) अभिचिन्तन किया तथा इस प्रकार अभिचिन्तित 'उसमें' से उसी प्रकार एक मुख फूटकर प्रकट हुआ जैसे सेने के बाद अण्डा फूट जाता है। मुख से 'वाक्शक्ति' एवं 'वाक्शक्ति' से अग्नि उत्पन्न हुई। नासाछिद्र फूटकर प्रकट हुए तथा नासाछिद्रों से 'प्राण' और 'प्राण' से वायु उत्पन्न हुआ। फिर आँखें फूटकर प्रकट हुई तथा आँखों से 'चक्षुशक्ति' और 'चक्षुशक्ति' से 'सूर्य' उत्पन्न हुआ। फिर दोनों कान फूटकर प्रकट हुए और कानों से 'श्रोत्रशक्ति' तथा 'श्रोत्रशक्ति' से दिशाऐं प्रकट हुई। त्वचा फूटकर प्रकट हुई और त्वचा से लोम तथा लोमों से औषधियाँ एवं समस्त वृक्ष-वनस्पतियाँ उत्पन्न हुईं। हृदय फूटकर प्रकट हुआ और हृदय से 'मन' तथा 'मन' से चन्द्रमा उत्पन्न हुआ। नाभि फूटकर प्रकट हुई और नाभि से 'अपानवायु' तथा 'अपानवायु' से 'मृत्यु' उत्पन्न हुई। शिश्न (सुखेन्द्रिय लिंग) फूटकर प्रकट हुआ और लिंग से रेतस् (वीर्य) तथा रेतस् (वीर्य) से जलों का जन्म हुआ।