Shloka 35

Indra’s Account: Shilada’s Tapas and Shiva’s Manifestation as Nandi

Devanagari script

श्रावयेद्वा द्विजान् भक्त्या मया सार्धं स मोदते एवं स्तुत्वा सुतं बालं प्रणम्य बहुमानतः

Transliteration

śrāvayedvā dvijān bhaktyā mayā sārdhaṃ sa modate evaṃ stutvā sutaṃ bālaṃ praṇamya bahumānataḥ

Translation

Oder er soll es in Hingabe laut vor den Dvijas, den „Zweimalgeborenen“, vortragen; vereint mit mir freut er sich. So pries er den jungen Sohn und verneigte sich mit großer Ehrfurcht.

Word by Word

• śrāvayet: should cause to be heard/recite aloud

• vā: or

• dvijān: the twice-born (Brahmins and other initiated)

• bhaktyā: with devotion

• mayā sārdham: together with me/in my company

• saḥ: he

• modate: rejoices, delights

• evam: thus

• stutvā: having praised

• sutam: the son

• bālam: the child/young one

• praṇamya: having bowed/prostrated

• bahu-mānataḥ: with great respect/honour

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)