Shloka 26

Devas Praise Śiva; Gaṇeśa Manifests as Vighneśvara and Receives the Primacy of Worship

Devanagari script

अभ्यर्चयन्ति ये लोका मानवास्तु विनायकम् ते चार्चनीयाः शक्राद्यैर् भविष्यन्ति न संशयः

Transliteration

abhyarcayanti ye lokā mānavāstu vināyakam te cārcanīyāḥ śakrādyair bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

जो लोग, वे मनुष्य, विनायक का भक्तिभाव से पूजन करते हैं, वे स्वयं इन्द्र आदि देवों द्वारा भी पूज्य हो जाते हैं—इसमें संशय नहीं।

Word by Word

• अभ्यर्चयन्ति: worship with reverence

• ये: who

• लोकाः: people

• मानवाः: human beings

• तु: indeed

• विनायकम्: Vinayaka (Gaṇeśa, the remover of obstacles)

• ते: they

• च: and

• अर्चनीयाः: worthy to be worshipped

• शक्राद्यैः: by Śakra (Indra) and others

• भविष्यन्ति: will become

• न: not

• संशयः: doubt

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)