Shloka 20

अग्नित्रय-पितृवंश-रुद्रसृष्टि-वैराग्योपदेशः

Devanagari script

शंकरो ऽपि तदा रुद्रैर् निवृत्तात्मा ह्यधिष्ठितः स्थाणुत्वं तस्य वै विप्राः शंकरस्य महात्मनः

Transliteration

śaṃkaro 'pi tadā rudrair nivṛttātmā hyadhiṣṭhitaḥ sthāṇutvaṃ tasya vai viprāḥ śaṃkarasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

Alors Śaṅkara aussi, établi par les Rudra et l’âme tournée vers l’intérieur (nivṛtta-ātmā), prit l’état de Sthāṇu—l’immobile, le ferme—ô brāhmaṇas, de ce Śaṅkara à la grande âme.

Word by Word

• शंकरः (śaṃkaraḥ): Śaṅkara (Shiva)

• अपि (api): also/indeed

• तदा (tadā): then

• रुद्रैः (rudraiḥ): by the Rudras

• निवृत्तात्मा (nivṛttātmā): one whose self is withdrawn/inward-turned

• हि (hi): indeed

• अधिष्ठितः (adhiṣṭhitaḥ): established/installed/abiding

• स्थाणुत्वम् (sthāṇutvam): the state of Sthāṇu, immovability/steadfastness

• तस्य (tasya): of him

• वै (vai): verily

• विप्राः (viprāḥ): O brāhmaṇas/sages

• शंकरस्य (śaṃkarasya): of Śaṅkara

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ): of the great-souled one.

Speaker

Suta Goswami