Shloka 34

Varaha-Pradurbhava Context: Prahlada’s Bhakti, Narasimha’s Ugra-Form, and Shiva’s Sharabha Intervention

Devanagari script

सेवितं गणगन्धर्वैः सिद्धैरप्सरसां गणैः देवताभिः सह ब्रह्मा भीतभीतः सगद्गदम् प्रणम्य दण्डवद्भूमौ तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम्

Transliteration

sevitaṃ gaṇagandharvaiḥ siddhairapsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ devatābhiḥ saha brahmā bhītabhītaḥ sagadgadam praṇamya daṇḍavadbhūmau tuṣṭāva parameśvaram

Translation

शिवगणों, गन्धर्वों, सिद्धों, अप्सराओं के समूहों और देवताओं सहित ब्रह्मा भय से काँपते हुए, गला भर आने पर भी, दण्डवत् भूमि पर प्रणाम करके परमेश्वर की स्तुति करने लगे।

Word by Word

• सेवितम्: attended/served

• गणगन्धर्वैः: by the Gaṇas and Gandharvas

• सिद्धैः: by the Siddhas (perfected beings)

• अप्सरसाम् गणैः: by groups of Apsarās

• देवताभिः सह: together with the Devas

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā

• भीतभीतः: exceedingly frightened, trembling

• सगद्गदम्: with a stammering/choked voice

• प्रणम्य: having bowed

• दण्डवत्: like a staff (full prostration)

• भूमौ: on the ground

• तुष्टाव: praised, extolled

• परमेश्वरम्: Parameśvara, the Supreme Lord (Śiva)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating); internal action centers on Brahma praising Shiva