Shloka 15
Adhyaya 33: Pashupata Conduct, Bhasma-Vrata, and Shiva’s Boon to the Sages
Devanagari script
स्नापयन्ति महाकुम्भैर् अद्भिर् एव महेश्वरम् गायन्ति विविधैर्गुह्यैर् हुंकारैश्चापि सुस्वरैः
Transliteration
snāpayanti mahākumbhair adbhir eva maheśvaram gāyanti vividhairguhyair huṃkāraiścāpi susvaraiḥ
Translation
Ils baignent Maheśvara avec l’eau versée de grandes jarres rituelles, et ils chantent divers hymnes secrets, proférant aussi des invocations huṃ-kāra d’une voix juste et sonore.
Word by Word
स्नापयन्तिthey bathe/perform abhiṣeka
स्नापयन्ति:
महाकुम्भैःwith great pitchers (ritual pots)
महाकुम्भैः:
अद्भिः एवwith water alone/indeed with waters
अद्भिः एव:
महेश्वरम्Maheśvara (Śiva as the Supreme Lord, Pati)
महेश्वरम्:
गायन्तिthey sing/chant
गायन्ति:
विविधैःwith various/many kinds
विविधैः:
गुह्यैःsecret, esoteric (mantras/hymns)
गुह्यैः:
हुंकारैःwith huṃ-kāra utterances (seed-like invocations)
हुंकारैः:
च अपिand also
च अपि:
सुस्वरैःwith beautiful/proper tones (well-intoned).
सुस्वरैः:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the ritual scene to the sages of Naimisharanya)