Shloka 3

क्षुपस्य विष्णुदर्शनं, वैष्णवस्तोत्रं, दधीचविवादः, स्थानेश्वरतीर्थमाहात्म्यं

Devanagari script

प्रददौ दर्शनं तस्मै दिव्यं वै गरुडध्वजः दिव्येन दर्शनेनैव दृष्ट्वा देवं जनार्दनम्

Transliteration

pradadau darśanaṃ tasmai divyaṃ vai garuḍadhvajaḥ divyena darśanenaiva dṛṣṭvā devaṃ janārdanam

Translation

Le Seigneur au drapeau de Garuḍa (Viṣṇu) lui accorda une vision véritablement divine ; et par cette même vision, il contempla le Dieu Janārdana.

Word by Word

• प्रददौ: granted/gave

• दर्शनम्: vision, audience, sacred sight

• तस्मै: to him

• दिव्यम्: divine, supra-sensory

• वै: indeed, truly

• गरुडध्वजः: the One whose banner is Garuḍa (Viṣṇu)

• दिव्येन: by the divine (instrument/means)

• दर्शनेन: by vision/sight

• एव: alone/indeed

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen

• देवम्: the God

• जनार्दनम्: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana account to the sages, with an internal episode describing Vishnu’s bestowal of divine sight)