Shloka 37
देवादिसृष्टिकथनम् (वसिष्ठशोकः, पराशरजन्म, एकलिङ्गपूजा, रुद्रदर्शनम्)
Devanagari script
अहो ऽद्भुतं मया दृष्टं दुःखपात्री ह्यहं विभो दुःखत्राता भव ब्रह्मन् ब्रह्मसूनो जगद्गुरो
Transliteration
aho 'dbhutaṃ mayā dṛṣṭaṃ duḥkhapātrī hyahaṃ vibho duḥkhatrātā bhava brahman brahmasūno jagadguro
Translation
O welch Wunder habe ich geschaut! Und doch bin ich zu einem Gefäß des Leids geworden, o Mächtiger. Werde der Retter aus meinem Schmerz, o Brahmane—o Sohn Brahmās, o Guru der Welten.
Word by Word
अहो (aho)ah!/indeed
अहो (aho):
अद्भुतं (adbhutaṃ)wondrous, marvelous
अद्भुतं (adbhutaṃ):
मया (mayā)by me
मया (mayā):
दृष्टं (dṛṣṭaṃ)seen
दृष्टं (dṛṣṭaṃ):
दुःखपात्री (duḥkhapātrī)a receptacle/vessel of sorrow
दुःखपात्री (duḥkhapātrī):
हि (hi)indeed
हि (hi):
अहं (ahaṃ)I
अहं (ahaṃ):
विभो (vibho)O all-pervading/mighty one
विभो (vibho):
दुःखत्राता (duḥkhatrātā)rescuer from sorrow
दुःखत्राता (duḥkhatrātā):
भव (bhava)become (please be)
भव (bhava):
ब्रह्मन् (brahman)O Brahman/O sacred lord (vocative)
ब्रह्मन् (brahman):
ब्रह्मसूनो (brahmasūno)O son of Brahmā
ब्रह्मसूनो (brahmasūno):
जगद्गुरो (jagadguro)O teacher of the world
जगद्गुरो (jagadguro):
Speaker
A distressed supplicant addressing a divine guru-like figure (invoked as 'son of Brahma' and 'world-teacher') within Suta’s narrated frame