Shloka 49

Adhyaya 23: श्वेत-लोहित-पीत-कृष्ण-विश्व-कल्पेषु रुद्रस्वरूप-गायत्री-तत्त्ववर्णनम्

Devanagari script

प्रणम्य प्रयतो भूत्वा पुनराह पितामहः य एवं भगवान् विद्वान् गायत्र्या वै महेश्वरम्

Transliteration

praṇamya prayato bhūtvā punarāha pitāmahaḥ ya evaṃ bhagavān vidvān gāyatryā vai maheśvaram

Translation

প্ৰণাম কৰি আৰু সংযত হৈ পিতামহ ব্রহ্মাই পুনৰ ক’লে—“যি জ্ঞানী ভক্ত এইদৰে গায়ত্ৰীৰে মহেশ্বৰক স্তৱ কৰে, সি সম্যক জ্ঞানসহ ভগবান পতিলৈ উপনীত হয়।”

Word by Word

• प्रणम्य: having bowed/prostrated

• प्रयतः: disciplined, attentive, self-restrained

• भूत्वा: having become

• पुनः: again

• आह: said/spoke

• पितामहः: Pitāmaha (Brahmā, the Grandfather)

• यः: who

• एवम्: thus, in this manner

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord

• विद्वान्: the wise/knower

• गायत्र्या: by/through the Gāyatrī (mantra/metre)

• वै: indeed, certainly

• महेश्वरम्: Mahēśvara (Śiva, the Great Lord)

Speaker

Brahma (Pitāmaha), within Suta’s narration