Shloka 40

मदनदाहः — पार्वतीतपः, स्वयंवरलीला, देवस्तम्भनं, दिव्यचक्षुर्दानम्

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मा परमसंविग्नो ध्यानमास्थाय शङ्करम् बुबुधे देवमीशानम् उमोत्संगे तमास्थितम्

Transliteration

brahmā paramasaṃvigno dhyānamāsthāya śaṅkaram bubudhe devamīśānam umotsaṃge tamāsthitam

Translation

പരമമായി വിറച്ച ബ്രഹ്മാവ് ശങ്കരനെ ധ്യാനത്തിൽ ആശ്രയിച്ചു. ആ സമാധിയിലൂടെ ഉമയുടെ മടിയിൽ ഇരിക്കുന്ന ഈശാന ദേവനെ അദ്ദേഹം അറിഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā): Brahmā

• परमसंविग्नः (paramasaṃvignaḥ): deeply agitated/overwhelmed

• ध्यानम् (dhyānam): meditation

• आस्थाय (āsthāya): having resorted to/undertaken

• शङ्करम् (śaṅkaram): Śaṅkara (Shiva, the beneficent)

• बुबुधे (bubudhe): understood/realized/awoke to

• देवम् (devam): the Deva, the Divine Lord

• ईशानम् (īśānam): Īśāna, the sovereign (a form/aspect of Shiva)

• उमा-उत्सङ्गे (umā-utsaṅge): on Umā’s lap

• तम् (tam): Him

• आस्थितम् (āsthitam): abiding/remaining, seated.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purāṇic account; internal focus on Brahmā’s experience)