Shloka 15

Adhyaya 44: Nandikesvara’s Manifestation and Abhisheka; The Rule of Namaskara in Shiva-Nama

Devanagari script

शृणुध्वं यत्कृते यूयम् इहाहूता जगद्धिताः श्रुत्वा च प्रयतात्मानः कुरुध्वं तदशङ्किताः

Transliteration

śṛṇudhvaṃ yatkṛte yūyam ihāhūtā jagaddhitāḥ śrutvā ca prayatātmānaḥ kurudhvaṃ tadaśaṅkitāḥ

Translation

Écoutez le dessein pour lequel vous—bienfaiteurs des mondes—avez été appelés ici. Après l’avoir entendu, l’esprit maîtrisé, accomplissez-le sans doute ni hésitation.

Word by Word

• शृणुध्वम्: listen (all of you)

• यत्कृते: for which purpose

• यूयम्: you

• इह: here

• आहूताः: summoned/called

• जगद्धिताः: devoted to the welfare of the universe

• श्रुत्वा: having heard

• च: and

• प्रयतात्मानः: self-restrained, purified in mind

• कुरुध्वम्: do/perform

• तत्: that (task/command)

• अशङ्किताः: without fear, without doubt

Speaker

Shiva (as Pati, issuing instruction to the assembled devas/gana-s for jagad-hita)