Shloka 20

Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold

Chapter 8

Devanagari script

पशूनां पतये चैव भूतानां पतये नमः । वृषाय मातृभक्ताय सेनान्ये मध्यमाय च

Transliteration

paśūnāṁ pataye caiva bhūtānāṁ pataye namaḥ | vṛṣāya mātṛbhaktāya senānye madhyamāya ca

Translation

Saṃvarta said: “Homage to the Lord of cattle and likewise to the Lord of all beings; homage to the Bull (the emblem of dharma), to Him who is devoted to the Mother, to the divine Commander of hosts, and to the One who stands in the middle (the inner ruler).”

Word by Word

• पशूनाम्: of animals
• पशूनाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पतये: to the lord
• पतये: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• भूतानाम्: of beings/creatures
• भूतानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• पतये: to the lord
• पतये: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वृषाय: to the bull (Vṛṣa)/to the mighty one
• वृषाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• मातृभक्ताय: to the mother-devoted one
• मातृभक्ताय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मातृभक्त
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सेनान्ये: to the commander/leader of the army
• सेनान्ये: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेनानी
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• मध्यमाय: to the middle one/mediator
• मध्यमाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्यम
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Saṁvarta
• Lord of cattle (Paśupati)
• Lord of beings (Bhūtapati)
• Vṛṣa (Bull as dharma-symbol)
• The Mother (Mātṛ)
• Senānī (commander of hosts)
• Madhyama (the one in the middle/inner ruler)