Shloka 9

Mahādeva’s Boon: Unwavering Bhakti, Tri-functional Cosmos, and the Supratiṣṭhā of Liṅga-Arcā

Devanagari script

आवयोर्देवदेवेश विवादमतिशोभनम् इहागतो भवान् यस्माद् विवादशमनाय नौ

Transliteration

āvayordevadeveśa vivādamatiśobhanam ihāgato bhavān yasmād vivādaśamanāya nau

Translation

Ô Seigneur des dieux, Dieu des dieux : puisqu’entre nous deux s’est levée une querelle splendide mais très ardente, tu es venu ici pour apaiser notre différend.

Word by Word

• āvayoḥ: of the two of us

• deva-deveśa: O Lord of the gods, God of gods

• vivādam: dispute, contention

• ati-śobhanam: exceedingly striking/splendid (yet formidable)

• iha: here

• āgataḥ: having come/arrived

• bhavān: you (honorific)

• yasmāt: because/since

• vivāda-śamanāya: for the pacification of the dispute

• nau: of us two/for us two

Speaker

Brahma or Vishnu (addressing Shiva as the supreme arbiter)