यस्माद् विष्ण्वादयो देवाः सूर्यादिव मरीचयः । यस्माज्जगन्त्यनन्तानि बुद्बुदा जलधेरिव ॥ ९ ॥
yasmād viṣṇvādayō dēvāḥ sūryādiva marīcayaḥ | yasmājjagantyanantāni budbudā jaladhēriva || 9 ||
Translation
from whom the gods, Viṣṇu and the rest, come forth like rays from the sun; from whom endless worlds come forth like bubbles from the ocean;
Word by word
- yasmād
- (yasmāt) from whom
- viṣṇu
- Viṣṇu
- ādayō
- (ādayaḥ) and the rest
- dēvāḥ
- the gods
- sūryād
- (sūryāt) from the sun
- iva
- like
- marīcayaḥ
- rays
- yasmāj
- (yasmāt) from whom
- jaganti
- worlds
- anantāni
- endless
- budbudā
- bubbles
- jaladhēr
- (jaladheḥ) from the ocean
Meaning
Even the great gods are rays of this sun: real as rays are real, but not apart from their source. This does not take away worship; it says where worship arrives. The worlds, beyond counting, rise from him as bubbles from the sea, the commentary says crores upon crores of cosmic eggs (brahmāṇḍa), and a bubble is only the sea for a moment taking a shape.