Shloka 36

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

इति श्रुत्वा वचः सर्वं देवदेवस्य धीमतः विषादमगमन् सर्वे पशुत्वं प्रति शङ्किताः

Transliteration

iti śrutvā vacaḥ sarvaṃ devadevasya dhīmataḥ viṣādamagaman sarve paśutvaṃ prati śaṅkitāḥ

Translation

Nachdem sie die ganze Rede des weisen Herrn der Herren vernommen hatten, verfielen sie alle in Niedergeschlagenheit, voller Furcht und Zweifel hinsichtlich der ‘paśutva’—des Zustands der gebundenen Seele unter dem Band (pāśa).

Word by Word

• इति: thus

• श्रुत्वा: having heard

• वचः: words/teaching

• सर्वम्: entirely

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods (Shiva)

• धीमतः: of the wise one

• विषादम्: dejection/sorrow

• अगमन्: they went/entered

• सर्वे: all

• पशुत्वम्: the state of being a paśu (bound soul)

• प्रति: towards/with regard to

• शङ्किताः: anxious/doubtful/fearful

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the outcome of Shiva’s instruction within the episode)