मूलप्रकृतेः रूपकल्पनायां युक्तिःWhy a form is imagined for Mūlaprakṛti
Verse 11
रजोजनितविश्वानि विष्टभ्य परितिष्ठति । अतो हि कथितं भद्रे रक्तपद्मासनस्थिता ॥ ११ ॥
rajōjanitaviśvāni viṣṭabhya paritiṣṭhati | atō hi kathitaṁ bhadrē raktapadmāsanasthitā || 11 ||
Translation
She stands holding up the worlds born of rajas; therefore, gentle one, she is said to be seated on a red lotus.
Word by word
- rajaḥ
- (rajaḥ) of rajas
- janita
- born
- viśvāni
- the worlds
- viṣṭabhya
- holding up
- paritiṣṭhati
- she stands
- ataḥ
- (ataḥ) therefore
- hi
- indeed
- kathitaṁ
- it is said
- bhadrē
- gentle one
- rakta
- on a red
- padma
- lotus
- āsana
- seat
- sthitā
- seated
Meaning
The red lotus is rajas, the quality of activity from which the worlds come forth. Seated on it she supports (viṣṭabhya) all that rajas has produced.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Viṣṭabhya: holding up, supporting.