यथेदं न स्थितं विश्वं नोत्पन्नं न च विद्यते । तथा कथय मे ब्रह्मन् येनैतन्निश्चितं भवेत् ॥ ७४ ॥
yathēdaṁ na sthitaṁ viśvaṁ nōtpannaṁ na ca vidyatē | tathā kathaya mē brahman yēnaitanniścitaṁ bhavēt || 74 ||
Translation
Tell me, Brahman, how this universe does not stand, was not born and does not exist, so that this may be made certain."
Word by word
- yathā
- how
- idaṁ
- this
- na
- not
- sthitaṁ
- does stand
- viśvaṁ
- universe
- utpannaṁ
- was born
- ca
- and
- vidyatē
- does exist
- tathā
- so
- kathaya
- tell
- mē
- me
- brahman
- Brahman
- yēna
- so that
- ētan
- (etat) this
- niścitaṁ
- made certain
- bhavēt
- may be
Meaning
Rāma asks not for faith but for certainty (niścaya): show it, so that it is settled.