Shloka 37

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

Devanagari script

शिरस्यञ्जलिमादाय तुष्टाव च समाहितः प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतो भूत्वा जयशब्दं चकार च

Transliteration

śirasyañjalimādāya tuṣṭāva ca samāhitaḥ prāñjaliḥ praṇato bhūtvā jayaśabdaṃ cakāra ca

Translation

Joignant les paumes et les portant sur sa tête, l’esprit parfaitement recueilli, il offrit sa louange. Les mains jointes, le corps incliné en vénération, il fit aussi retentir le cri de victoire : « Jaya ! », au Pati qui délie les liens du pāśa enchaînant le paśu.

Word by Word

• śirasi: on the head

• añjalim: joined palms/añjali

• ādāya: having placed/taken up

• tuṣṭāva: he praised/eulogized

• ca: and

• samāhitaḥ: composed, inwardly concentrated

• prāñjaliḥ: with folded hands

• praṇataḥ: bowed down, prostrated

• bhūtvā: having become/doing so

• jaya-śabdam: the word/cry ‘jaya’ (victory)

• cakāra: he made/uttered

• ca: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)