Shloka 14

Devas Praise Śiva; Gaṇeśa Manifests as Vighneśvara and Receives the Primacy of Worship

Devanagari script

आदाय च कराभ्यां च सुसुखाभ्यां भवः स्वयम् आलिङ्ग्याघ्राय मूर्धानं महादेवो जगद्गुरुः

Transliteration

ādāya ca karābhyāṃ ca susukhābhyāṃ bhavaḥ svayam āliṅgyāghrāya mūrdhānaṃ mahādevo jagadguruḥ

Translation

Puis Bhava (Śiva) lui-même, de ses deux mains infiniment douces, le prit tout près ; le grand Dieu, Mahādeva—Gourou des mondes—l’enlaça et baisa/respira le sommet de sa tête, lui accordant une grâce intime.

Word by Word

• ādāya: having taken (close)

• ca: and

• karābhyām: with (both) hands

• susukhābhyām: very gentle/comforting

• bhavaḥ: Bhava (Śiva)

• svayam: Himself

• āliṅgya: having embraced

• āghrāya: having smelled (kissed, inhaled the fragrance of)

• mūrdhānam: the head/crown of the head

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva (the Great God)

• jagadguruḥ: teacher/guru of the world(s)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the episode to the sages of Naimisharanya)