Shloka 18

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

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ता भगवता गणपाः सर्व एव ते एवमस्त्विति संमन्त्र्य संभारानाहरंस्ततः

Transliteration

evamuktā bhagavatā gaṇapāḥ sarva eva te evamastviti saṃmantrya saṃbhārānāharaṃstataḥ

Translation

Ainsi interpellés par le Seigneur Bienheureux, tous ces Gaṇas acquiescèrent en disant : « Qu’il en soit ainsi ». Après s’être concertés, ils apportèrent alors les objets rituels requis.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus

• उक्ताः: having been spoken to/addressed

• भगवता: by the Blessed Lord (Pati, Śiva)

• गणपाः: the Gaṇa-leaders/attendants of Śiva

• सर्वे: all

• एव: indeed

• ते: they

• एवम् अस्तु इति: “so be it”

• संमन्त्र्य: having consulted/conferred together

• संभारान्: preparations, requisites, ritual articles

• आहरन्: they brought/collected

• ततः: then/thereupon

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the actions of Shiva’s Gaṇas within the story)