Shloka 33

श्वेतमुनिना कालस्य निग्रहः (मृत्युञ्जय-भक्ति-प्रसादः)

Devanagari script

प्रसादे नैव सा भक्तिः शिवे परमकारणे अथ तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सर्वे ते परमर्षयः

Transliteration

prasāde naiva sā bhaktiḥ śive paramakāraṇe atha tasya vacaḥ śrutvā sarve te paramarṣayaḥ

Translation

Ohne Seine Gnade entsteht jene Bhakti nicht zu Śiva, der höchsten Ursache. Dann, nachdem sie seine Worte vernommen hatten, stimmten all jene großen Seher (paramarṣis) zu.

Word by Word

• prasāde: by grace, through favor

• na eva: not indeed/never

• sā: that

• bhaktiḥ: devotion

• śive: toward/in Śiva

• parama-kāraṇe: the Supreme Cause (Pati, the ultimate source)

• atha: then

• tasya: his

• vacaḥ: words/speech

• śrutvā: having heard

• sarve: all

• te: those

• parama-ṛṣayaḥ: great sages, highest seers

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching and its reception by the sages)