Shloka 15

Adhyaya 33: Pashupata Conduct, Bhasma-Vrata, and Shiva’s Boon to the Sages

Devanagari script

स्नापयन्ति महाकुम्भैर् अद्भिर् एव महेश्वरम् गायन्ति विविधैर्गुह्यैर् हुंकारैश्चापि सुस्वरैः

Transliteration

snāpayanti mahākumbhair adbhir eva maheśvaram gāyanti vividhairguhyair huṃkāraiścāpi susvaraiḥ

Translation

Sie baden Maheśvara mit Wasser, das aus großen Ritualkrügen gegossen wird, und sie singen vielfältige geheime Hymnen, wobei sie auch klangvolle huṃ-kāra-Anrufungen mit wohlgestimmten Stimmen ertönen lassen.

Word by Word

• स्नापयन्ति: they bathe/perform abhiṣeka

• महाकुम्भैः: with great pitchers (ritual pots)

• अद्भिः एव: with water alone/indeed with waters

• महेश्वरम्: Maheśvara (Śiva as the Supreme Lord, Pati)

• गायन्ति: they sing/chant

• विविधैः: with various/many kinds

• गुह्यैः: secret, esoteric (mantras/hymns)

• हुंकारैः: with huṃ-kāra utterances (seed-like invocations)

• च अपि: and also

• सुस्वरैः: with beautiful/proper tones (well-intoned).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the ritual scene to the sages of Naimisharanya)