Shloka 11
पीतवासा-कल्पः, माहेश्वरी-दर्शनम्, रौद्री-गायत्री, महायोगेन अपुनर्भवः
Devanagari script
तथैनां पुत्रकामस्य ध्यायतः परमेष्ठिनः प्रददौ देवदेवेशः चतुष्पादां जगद्गुरुः
Transliteration
tathaināṃ putrakāmasya dhyāyataḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ pradadau devadeveśaḥ catuṣpādāṃ jagadguruḥ
Translation
So geschah es: Als Parameṣṭhin (Brahmā), nach einem Sohn verlangend, in Meditation verweilte, verlieh ihm der Herr der Götter—der Weltenlehrer—die vierfüßige Veda (catuṣpāda), als Mittel, damit der paśu, die gebundene Seele, sich dem Pati, dem Herrn, nähern könne.
Word by Word
tathāthus
tathā:
enāmthis (boon/that gift)
enām:
putra-kāmasyaof one desiring a son
putra-kāmasya:
dhyāyataḥwhile meditating
dhyāyataḥ:
parameṣṭhinaḥof Parameṣṭhin (Brahmā)
parameṣṭhinaḥ:
pradadaubestowed/gave
pradadau:
deva-deva-īśaḥthe Lord of the lords of gods (Śiva)
deva-deva-īśaḥ:
catuṣpādāmfour-footed/four-part (i.e., the Veda)
catuṣpādām:
jagad-guruḥthe teacher of the world
jagad-guruḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana; internal reference to Brahma’s meditation and Shiva’s boon)