Shloka 10
देवादिसृष्टिकथनम् (वसिष्ठशोकः, पराशरजन्म, एकलिङ्गपूजा, रुद्रदर्शनम्)
Devanagari script
तदा तस्य स्नुषा प्राह पत्नी शक्तेर्महामुनिम् वसिष्ठं वदतां श्रेष्ठं रुदन्ती भयविह्वला
Transliteration
tadā tasya snuṣā prāha patnī śaktermahāmunim vasiṣṭhaṃ vadatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ rudantī bhayavihvalā
Translation
तब शक्ती की पत्नी, उसकी बहू, भय से व्याकुल और रोती हुई, वाणी में श्रेष्ठ महर्षि वसिष्ठ से धर्म-शरण की याचना करने लगी।
Word by Word
tadāthen
tadā:
tasyaof him/that one
tasya:
snuṣādaughter-in-law
snuṣā:
prāhasaid/spoke
prāha:
patnīwife
patnī:
śakteḥof Śakti (the sage named Śakti)
śakteḥ:
mahāmunimto the great sage
mahāmunim:
vasiṣṭhamVasiṣṭha
vasiṣṭham:
vadatāmamong those who speak
vadatām:
śreṣṭhamthe best/foremost
śreṣṭham:
rudantīweeping
rudantī:
bhaya-vihvalāagitated/overwhelmed by fear
bhaya-vihvalā:
Speaker
Sūta (primary narrator) describing the scene; direct speech begins with Śakti’s wife addressing Vasiṣṭha