Shloka 22

दारुवनलीला—नीललोहितपरीक्षा, ब्रह्मोपदेशः, अतिथिधर्मः, संन्यासक्रमः

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा श्रुत्वा भवस्तासां चेष्टावाक्यानि चाव्ययः शुभं वाप्यशुभं वापि नोक्तवान्परमेश्वरः

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā śrutvā bhavastāsāṃ ceṣṭāvākyāni cāvyayaḥ śubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ vāpi noktavānparameśvaraḥ

Translation

उनकी चेष्टाएँ और वचन देखकर-सुनकर भी अव्यय भव, परमेश्वर ने न ‘शुभ’ कहा न ‘अशुभ’।

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen

• श्रुत्वा: having heard

• भवः: Bhava (Śiva)

• तासाम्: of them

• चेष्टा-वाक्यानि: actions and utterances

• च: and

• अव्ययः: imperishable, unchanging

• शुभम्: auspicious/meritorious

• वा अपि: or even

• अशुभम्: inauspicious/demeritorious

• वा अपि: or even

• न उक्तवान्: did not say, did not declare

• परमेश्वरः: the Supreme Lord (Śiva).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages; internal scene describes Shiva as the silent witness)