Shloka 8

Mahādeva’s Boon: Unwavering Bhakti, Tri-functional Cosmos, and the Supratiṣṭhā of Liṅga-Arcā

Devanagari script

जानुभ्यामवनीं गत्वा पुनर्नारायणः स्वयम् प्रणिपत्य च विश्वेशं प्राह मन्दतरं वशी

Transliteration

jānubhyāmavanīṃ gatvā punarnārāyaṇaḥ svayam praṇipatya ca viśveśaṃ prāha mandataraṃ vaśī

Translation

फिर नारायण स्वयं घुटनों के बल पृथ्वी पर उतर आए; और विश्वेश—सर्वेश्वर—को साष्टांग प्रणाम करके, संयत होकर, अधिक मृदु वाणी में बोले।

Word by Word

• जानुभ्याम्: on (his) knees

• अवनीम्: to the earth/ground

• गत्वा: having gone

• पुनः: again

• नारायणः: Nārāyaṇa (Vishnu)

• स्वयम्: himself

• प्रणिपत्य: having prostrated/bowed down

• च: and

• विश्वेशम्: to Viśveśa (Shiva, Lord of the universe)

• प्राह: spoke/said

• मन्दतरम्: more gently/with greater softness

• वशी: self-controlled, subdued, disciplined

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating; describing Narayana’s action and speech)