Shloka 23

क्षुपदधीचिसंवादः — शिलादतपः, वरसीमा, मेघवाहनकल्पे त्रिदेवसमागमः

Devanagari script

भवन्तमवहद्विष्णुर् देवदेवं जगद्गुरुम् नारायणादपि विभो भक्तो ऽहं तव शङ्कर

Transliteration

bhavantamavahadviṣṇur devadevaṃ jagadgurum nārāyaṇādapi vibho bhakto 'haṃ tava śaṅkara

Translation

বিষ্ণুৱে আপোনাক স্তৱ কৰে— দেৱদেৱ, জগতগুৰু। হে বিভু শংকৰ, নাৰায়ণত্বৰো ওপৰে মই আপোনাৰ ভক্ত।

Word by Word

• भवन्तम्: you (acc.)

• अवहत्: praised/declared aloud

• विष्णुः: Vishnu

• देवदेवम्: God of gods

• जगद्गुरुम्: teacher of the universe

• नारायणात् अपि: even beyond Narayana

• विभो: O all-powerful/pervading one

• भक्तः अहम्: I am a devotee

• तव: of you/your

• शङ्कर: O Shankara (beneficent Shiva)

Speaker

Vishnu (within Suta’s narration to the sages of Naimisharanya)