Shloka 14

Adhyaya 22 — शिवानुग्रहः, ब्रह्मतपः, एकादशरुद्राः तथा प्राणतत्त्वम्

Devanagari script

कराभ्यां सुशुभाभ्यां च प्राह हृष्टतरः स्वयम् मत्समस्त्वं न संदेहो वत्स भक्तश् च मे भवान्

Transliteration

karābhyāṃ suśubhābhyāṃ ca prāha hṛṣṭataraḥ svayam matsamastvaṃ na saṃdeho vatsa bhaktaś ca me bhavān

Translation

തന്റെ രണ്ടു ശുഭമായ കൈകളാൽ (സ്പർശിച്ച്) അദ്ദേഹം അത്യന്തം ആനന്ദത്തോടെ പറഞ്ഞു—“വത്സാ, സംശയമില്ല; ഭാവത്തിൽ നീ എനിക്കു സമൻ; നീ എന്റെ ഭക്തനാണ്।”

Word by Word

• कराभ्याम्: with (his) two hands

• सुशुभाभ्याम्: with the very beautiful/splendid (two)

• च: and

• प्राह: spoke/said

• हृष्टतरः: more delighted, exceedingly joyful

• स्वयम्: himself

• मत्समस्त्वम्: equality with me / being akin to me

• न: not

• संदेहः: doubt

• वत्स: dear child

• भक्तः: devotee

• च: and

• मे: of me / my

• भवान्: you are

Speaker

Shiva (Pati) speaking to a devotee (pashu elevated through bhakti)