Shloka 47

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

Devanagari script

तस्माद्धि मुनयो लब्ध्वा तदाज्ञां मुनिपुङ्गवात् भवभक्तास्तदा चासंस् तस्मादेवं समर्चयेत्

Transliteration

tasmāddhi munayo labdhvā tadājñāṃ munipuṅgavāt bhavabhaktāstadā cāsaṃs tasmādevaṃ samarcayet

Translation

Ainsi, les munis, ayant reçu cet ordre du plus éminent des sages, devinrent dévots de Bhava (Śiva). C’est pourquoi l’on doit adorer précisément de cette manière.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore

• हि: indeed

• मुनयः: the sages

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained/received

• तत्-आज्ञाम्: that command/instruction

• मुनि-पुङ्गवात्: from the bull among sages (the best of sages)

• भव-भक्ताः: devotees of Bhava (Śiva)

• तदा: then

• च: and

• आसन्: became/were

• तस्मात्: therefore

• एवम्: thus/in this way

• समर्चयेत्: one should worship well (perform proper archana).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the injunction as part of the Purāṇic discourse)