Shloka 14

Adhyaya 33: Pashupata Conduct, Bhasma-Vrata, and Shiva’s Boon to the Sages

Devanagari script

ततः प्रमुदिता विप्राः श्रुत्वैवं कथितं तदा गन्धोदकैः सुशुद्धैश् च कुशपुष्पविमिश्रितैः

Transliteration

tataḥ pramuditā viprāḥ śrutvaivaṃ kathitaṃ tadā gandhodakaiḥ suśuddhaiś ca kuśapuṣpavimiśritaiḥ

Translation

Alors les sages brahmanes, réjouis d’avoir entendu ainsi l’enseignement, s’employèrent aussitôt à préparer une eau parfumée d’une pureté parfaite, mêlée d’herbe kuśa et de fleurs, comme offrande sanctifiante pour l’adoration de Śiva.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then

• pramuditāḥ: delighted, rejoicing

• viprāḥ: Brahmin sages

• śrutvā: having heard

• evaṃ: thus

• kathitam: spoken/explained

• tadā: at that time

• gandha-udakaiḥ: with fragrant waters

• su-śuddhaiḥ: very pure

• ca: and

• kuśa-puṣpa-vimiśritaiḥ: mixed with kuśa grass and flowers

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)