Shloka 33

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

Devanagari script

सर्वकार्यविधिं कर्तुम् आदिदेश पितामहम् पितामहो ऽपि भगवान् नियोगादेव तस्य तु

Transliteration

sarvakāryavidhiṃ kartum ādideśa pitāmaham pitāmaho 'pi bhagavān niyogādeva tasya tu

Translation

समस्त कार्यों की विधि स्थापित करने हेतु भगवान् ने पितामह (ब्रह्मा) को आज्ञा दी। और पितामह भी केवल उसी के नियोग से सब कुछ करने लगे।

Word by Word

• सर्व (sarva): all

• कार्य (kārya): tasks, cosmic functions

• विधि (vidhi): rule, procedure, ordinance

• कर्तुम् (kartum): to do, to institute

• आदिदेश (ādideśa): commanded, ordained

• पितामहम् (pitāmaham): Pitāmaha, Brahmā

• पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ): Brahmā

• अपि (api): even

• भगवान् (bhagavān): the divine one

• नियोगात् (niyogāt): by command, by injunction

• एव (eva): alone, indeed

• तस्य (tasya): of Him (the Supreme Lord)

• तु (tu): however/indeed (emphatic)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmic order; internal reference to Shiva’s/Īśvara’s command to Brahma)