Shloka 2
Indra’s Account: Shilada’s Tapas and Shiva’s Manifestation as Nandi
Devanagari script
अथ तस्यैवमनिशं तत्परस्य द्विजस्य तु दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु गतं क्षणमिवाद्भुतम्
Transliteration
atha tasyaivamaniśaṃ tatparasya dvijasya tu divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu gataṃ kṣaṇamivādbhutam
Translation
അനന്തരം അവൻ നിരന്തരം ഏകാഗ്രനിഷ്ഠയോടെ അതിലേയ്ക്ക് തന്നെ ലീനനായിരുന്ന ആ ദ്വിജനു, ആയിരം ദിവ്യവർഷങ്ങൾ അത്ഭുതകരമായി ഒരു ക്ഷണംപോലെ കടന്നുപോയി।
Word by Word
athathen
atha:
tasyafor him/of him
tasya:
evaṃthus/in this manner
evaṃ:
aniśamunceasingly/without pause
aniśam:
tat-parasyaof one wholly devoted/intent upon That (Shiva, the Pati)
tat-parasya:
dvijasyaof the twice-born (brahmin/initiated one)
dvijasya:
tuindeed
tu:
divyamdivine/celestial
divyam:
varṣa-sahasrama thousand years
varṣa-sahasram:
gataṃpassed/elapsed
gataṃ:
kṣaṇam ivalike a moment
kṣaṇam iva:
adbhutamwondrous/astonishing
adbhutam:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)