Shloka 40

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

Devanagari script

लब्धं शशिप्रभं छत्रं तया तत्र विभूषितम् चामरे चामरासक्तहस्ताग्रैः स्त्रीगणैर्युता

Transliteration

labdhaṃ śaśiprabhaṃ chatraṃ tayā tatra vibhūṣitam cāmare cāmarāsaktahastāgraiḥ strīgaṇairyutā

Translation

Là, elle fut parée d’un parasol nouvellement acquis, éclatant comme la lune, et entourée d’une troupe de femmes dont les mains agitaient des chāmaras, éventails de queue de yak, révélant splendeur royale et dignité de bon augure.

Word by Word

• लब्धम्: obtained, newly acquired

• शशि-प्रभम्: moon-lustrous, shining like the moon

• छत्रम्: parasol, royal canopy

• तया: by her, with her

• तत्र: there, in that place

• विभूषितम्: adorned, decorated

• चामरे: with chowries, yak-tail fans

• चामर-आसक्त-हस्त-अग्रैः: with the tips of their hands occupied/intent on the fans

• स्त्री-गणैः: by groups of women, female attendants

• युता: accompanied, attended.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)