Shloka 44

देवदारुवनौकसां प्रति ब्रह्मोपदेशः—लिङ्गलक्षण-प्रतिष्ठा-विधिः, शिवमायारूपदर्शनं, स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

एवं स्तुत्वा तु मुनयः प्रहृष्टैरन्तरात्मभिः याचन्त तपसा युक्ताः पश्यामस्त्वां यथापुरा

Transliteration

evaṃ stutvā tu munayaḥ prahṛṣṭairantarātmabhiḥ yācanta tapasā yuktāḥ paśyāmastvāṃ yathāpurā

Translation

So priesen die Weisen Ihn; ihr innerstes Selbst war von Freude erfüllt. In strenger Askese baten sie den Herrn: „Mögen wir Dich wieder schauen, wie einst zuvor.“

Word by Word

• एवं: thus

• स्तुत्वा: having praised

• तु: indeed

• मुनयः: the sages

• प्रहृष्टैः: delighted, gladdened

• अन्तरात्मभिः: with their inner selves/hearts

• याचन्त: they beseeched, implored

• तपसा: with austerity (tapas)

• युक्ताः: united with, disciplined in

• पश्यामः: may we see/we wish to behold

• त्वाम्: You

• यथा: as

• पुरा: formerly, in ancient times

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the action of the sages within the story)