Shloka 23
Adhyaya 33: Pashupata Conduct, Bhasma-Vrata, and Shiva’s Boon to the Sages
Devanagari script
सेव्यासेव्यत्वमेवं च ह्य् एतदिच्छाम वेदितुम् ततस्तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा भगवान्परमेश्वरः
Transliteration
sevyāsevyatvamevaṃ ca hy etadicchāma veditum tatasteṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā bhagavānparameśvaraḥ
Translation
「何が奉仕（礼拝）に値し、何が値しないのか——この区別をまさに知りたいのです。」彼らの言葉を聞いて、バガヴァーン・パラメーシュヴァラ（至上主シヴァ）は答えを示そうとされた。
Word by Word
sevyā-asevyatvamthe state of being fit/unfit to be served or worshipped
sevyā-asevyatvam:
evaṁ cathus, and also
evaṁ ca:
hiindeed
hi:
etatthis
etat:
icchāmawe desire
icchāma:
veditumto know/understand
veditum:
tataḥthen/thereupon
tataḥ:
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
vacaḥwords/speech
vacaḥ:
śrutvāhaving heard
śrutvā:
bhagavānthe Blessed Lord
bhagavān:
parameśvaraḥthe Supreme Lord (Śiva)
parameśvaraḥ:
Speaker
Narrator (Suta) introducing Śiva’s response after hearing the petitioners