Shloka 54

स्वेच्छाविग्रहसंभव-प्रतिष्ठाफलवर्णनम् (विविधशिवमूर्तिप्रतिष्ठा, लोक-फल, शिवसायुज्य)

Devanagari script

क्रीडते नात्र संदेहो द्वितीय इव शङ्करः तत्र भुक्त्वा महाभोगान् यावद् इच्छा द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

krīḍate nātra saṃdeho dvitīya iva śaṅkaraḥ tatra bhuktvā mahābhogān yāvad icchā dvijottamāḥ

Translation

Tak ada keraguan—di sana Śaṅkara bersukaria seakan-akan sebagai Śiva yang kedua. Wahai yang terbaik di antara para dwija, Ia menikmati kenikmatan agung selama Ia menghendaki.

Word by Word

• क्रीडते: sports/plays (divinely manifests līlā)

• न अत्र: here, in this matter

• संदेहः: doubt

• द्वितीय इव: as if a second (another manifest form)

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara (Śiva, the auspicious Pati)

• तत्र: there (in that sacred locus/realm)

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed/experienced

• महाभोगान्: great enjoyments, exalted delights

• यावत्: as long as

• इच्छा: will, sovereign desire (icchā-śakti)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (address to Brahmin sages)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)