Shloka 14

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

Devanagari script

तांस्तथावादिनः सर्वान् गणेशान् सर्वसंमतान् उवाच देवः सम्पूज्य कोटिकोटिशतान्प्रभुः

Transliteration

tāṃstathāvādinaḥ sarvān gaṇeśān sarvasaṃmatān uvāca devaḥ sampūjya koṭikoṭiśatānprabhuḥ

Translation

तब प्रभु ने—वैसा कहने वाले, सबके द्वारा सम्मत उन समस्त गणेशों का विधिवत् पूजन करके—कोटि-कोटि शतों के स्वामी, उन असंख्य गणों से कहा।

Word by Word

• तान् (tān): them

• तथा-वादिनः (tathā-vādinaḥ): speaking thus / of that same statement

• सर्वान् (sarvān): all

• गणेशान् (gaṇeśān): the chiefs of the gaṇas / divine hosts

• सर्व-संमतान् (sarva-saṁmatān): approved by all / universally accepted

• उवाच (uvāca): spoke / addressed

• देवः (devaḥ): the Deva, Lord (Śiva)

• सम्पूज्य (sampūjya): having fully honored / worshipped

• कोटि-कोटि-शतान् (koṭi-koṭi-śatān): hundreds of crores upon crores (innumerable)

• प्रभुः (prabhuḥ): the Lord, sovereign.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating), with Shiva as the one who speaks within the scene