Shloka 65

देवादिसृष्टिकथनम् (वसिष्ठशोकः, पराशरजन्म, एकलिङ्गपूजा, रुद्रदर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

अदृश्यन्तीं पुनः प्राह शाक्तेयो भगवान्मम मातः कुत्र महातेजाः पिता वद वदेति ताम्

Transliteration

adṛśyantīṃ punaḥ prāha śākteyo bhagavānmama mātaḥ kutra mahātejāḥ pitā vada vadeti tām

Translation

Da sie sich nicht zeigte, sprach der selige Śākteya erneut: »O Mutter, wo ist mein Vater von großem Glanz? Sage es mir—sage es mir«, flehte er sie an.

Word by Word

• अदृश्यन्तीम्: (to her) not being seen / remaining unseen

• पुनः: again

• प्राह: said

• शाक्तेयः: Śākteya (son of Śakti / the Shakta sage)

• भगवान्: the blessed one, venerable

• मम: my

• मातः: O mother

• कुत्र: where

• महातेजाः: of great radiance/energy

• पिता: father

• वद: speak, tell

• वद इति: “tell, tell” (repeated insistence)

• ताम्: to her

Speaker

Suta (narrating the episode; the direct speech is by Śākteya)