Shloka 18

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

Devanagari script

वर्णाच्च्युतानां नारीणां नराणां नरपुङ्गव स्वधर्मरहितानां च प्राणानपहर प्रभो

Transliteration

varṇāccyutānāṃ nārīṇāṃ narāṇāṃ narapuṅgava svadharmarahitānāṃ ca prāṇānapahara prabho

Translation

Ô Seigneur, taureau parmi les hommes, retire le souffle vital de ces femmes et de ces hommes qui sont déchus de leur condition ordonnée et privés de leur propre svadharma.

Word by Word

• वर्णाच्च्युतानाम्: of those fallen from varṇa/ordered discipline

• नारीणाम्: of women

• नराणाम्: of men

• नरपुङ्गव: O bull among men (best of men)

• स्वधर्मरहितानाम्: of those devoid of sva-dharma (one’s rightful duty)

• च: and

• प्राणान्: the life-breaths, vital energies

• अपहर: take away, withdraw

• प्रभो: O Lord, O Master

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal supplication addressed to the Lord, consistent with Purāṇic dialogue flow)