Shloka 33
ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)
Devanagari script
गौणं गणेश्वराणां च दुःखमेव विचारतः आदौ मध्ये तथा चान्ते सर्वलोकेषु सर्वदा
Transliteration
gauṇaṃ gaṇeśvarāṇāṃ ca duḥkhameva vicārataḥ ādau madhye tathā cānte sarvalokeṣu sarvadā
Translation
विचार करने पर गणेश्वरों की गौण (लौकिक) स्थिति भी दुःख ही है—आदि में, मध्य में और अंत में; सब लोकों में, सदा।
Word by Word
gauṇamsecondary, subordinate, worldly (non-supreme) state
gauṇam:
gaṇeśvarāṇāmof the Gaṇeśvaras (lords among Śiva’s attendants)
gaṇeśvarāṇām:
caand/even
ca:
duḥkham evanothing but suffering
duḥkham eva:
vicārataḥupon inquiry, by reflection/discernment
vicārataḥ:
ādauin the beginning
ādau:
madhyein the middle
madhye:
tathālikewise
tathā:
ca anteand in the end
ca ante:
sarva-lokeṣuin all worlds/realms
sarva-lokeṣu:
sarvadāalways, at all times
sarvadā:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purāṇic teaching to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya; internal context implies a doctrinal reflection on saṃsāra even for exalted beings)