दृष्ट्वैवमातुरं सर्गं सर्गस्य सकलां गतिम् । भूतभव्यभविष्यस्थां ददर्श परमेश्वरः ॥ ५ ॥
dṛṣṭvaivamāturaṁ sargaṁ sargasya sakalāṁ gatim | bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyasthāṁ dadarśa paramēśvaraḥ || 5 ||
Translation
Seeing creation afflicted in this way, the Supreme Lord looked upon the whole course of creation, as it stood in the past, the present and the future.
Word by word
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- ēvam
- in this way
- āturaṁ
- afflicted
- sargaṁ
- creation
- sargasya
- of creation
- sakalāṁ
- the whole
- gatim
- course
- bhūta
- in the past
- bhavya
- the present
- bhaviṣya
- and the future
- sthāṁ
- as it stood
- dadarśa
- looked upon
- paramēśvaraḥ
- the Supreme Lord
Meaning
The affliction was named in the last sarga: birth, age, death. The commentary adds a further step here. From creation as it is, Brahmā infers every state of creation that has been and will be. His view is general, and that is why his remedy is too. A particular pain could be treated particularly, but what he sees is a pattern running through all time.