Shloka 152
Adhyaya 71: पुरत्रयवृत्तान्तः—ब्रह्मवरदानम्, मयकृतत्रिपुर-निर्माणम्, विष्णुमाया-धर्मविघ्नः, शिवस्तुति, त्रिपुरदाहोपक्रमः
Devanagari script
संकीर्णं तु दिवः पृष्ठं नक्षत्रैरिव सुव्रताः कुसुमैः संवृतो नन्दी वृषपृष्ठे रराज सः
Transliteration
saṃkīrṇaṃ tu divaḥ pṛṣṭhaṃ nakṣatrairiva suvratāḥ kusumaiḥ saṃvṛto nandī vṛṣapṛṣṭhe rarāja saḥ
Translation
„O ihr von edlen Gelübden: Wie das Himmelsgewölbe mit Sternen übersät ist, so erstrahlte Nandī – von Blüten bedeckt – auf dem Rücken des Stieres (Vṛṣa).“
Word by Word
saṃkīrṇamstrewn, scattered
saṃkīrṇam:
tuindeed
tu:
divaḥof the sky/heaven
divaḥ:
pṛṣṭhamsurface, vault
pṛṣṭham:
nakṣatraiḥwith stars
nakṣatraiḥ:
ivalike
iva:
suvratāḥO you of good vows (vocative)
suvratāḥ:
kusumaiḥwith flowers
kusumaiḥ:
saṃvṛtaḥcovered, adorned
saṃvṛtaḥ:
nandīNandi
nandī:
vṛṣa-pṛṣṭheon the bull’s back
vṛṣa-pṛṣṭhe:
rarājashone, was splendid
rarāja:
saḥhe
saḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya, contextual)