Shloka 24
देवादिसृष्टिकथनम् (वसिष्ठशोकः, पराशरजन्म, एकलिङ्गपूजा, रुद्रदर्शनम्)
Devanagari script
ततः प्रणम्य शिरसा वसिष्ठो वारिजेक्षणम् अदृश्यन्त्या महातेजाः पस्पर्शोदरमादरात्
Transliteration
tataḥ praṇamya śirasā vasiṣṭho vārijekṣaṇam adṛśyantyā mahātejāḥ pasparśodaramādarāt
Translation
तब महातेजस्वी वसिष्ठ ने शिर झुकाकर प्रणाम किया; और कमल-नेत्र प्रभु अदृश्य होने पर भी, आदरपूर्वक उनके उदर का स्पर्श किया।
Word by Word
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
praṇamyahaving bowed/saluted
praṇamya:
śirasāwith (his) head
śirasā:
vasiṣṭhaḥSage Vasiṣṭha
vasiṣṭhaḥ:
vārija-īkṣaṇamthe lotus-eyed one (the Lord)
vārija-īkṣaṇam:
adṛśyantyāwhile (He was) not being seen/though invisible
adṛśyantyā:
mahā-tejāḥof great radiance/splendour
mahā-tejāḥ:
pasparśatouched
pasparśa:
udaramthe abdomen
udaram:
ādarātwith reverence/respectfully
ādarāt:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the episode to the sages of Naimisharanya)