Shloka 40

मदनदाहः — पार्वतीतपः, स्वयंवरलीला, देवस्तम्भनं, दिव्यचक्षुर्दानम्

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मा परमसंविग्नो ध्यानमास्थाय शङ्करम् बुबुधे देवमीशानम् उमोत्संगे तमास्थितम्

Transliteration

brahmā paramasaṃvigno dhyānamāsthāya śaṅkaram bubudhe devamīśānam umotsaṃge tamāsthitam

Translation

Brahmā, saisi d’un profond effroi, se mit en méditation sur Śaṅkara. Par cette absorption contemplative, il reconnut le Seigneur—Īśāna—demeurant là, assis sur les genoux d’Umā.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā): Brahmā

• परमसंविग्नः (paramasaṃvignaḥ): deeply agitated/overwhelmed

• ध्यानम् (dhyānam): meditation

• आस्थाय (āsthāya): having resorted to/undertaken

• शङ्करम् (śaṅkaram): Śaṅkara (Shiva, the beneficent)

• बुबुधे (bubudhe): understood/realized/awoke to

• देवम् (devam): the Deva, the Divine Lord

• ईशानम् (īśānam): Īśāna, the sovereign (a form/aspect of Shiva)

• उमा-उत्सङ्गे (umā-utsaṅge): on Umā’s lap

• तम् (tam): Him

• आस्थितम् (āsthitam): abiding/remaining, seated.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purāṇic account; internal focus on Brahmā’s experience)