Shloka 89

देवादिसृष्टिकथनम् (वसिष्ठशोकः, पराशरजन्म, एकलिङ्गपूजा, रुद्रदर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

सो ऽपि दृष्ट्वा महादेवम् आनन्दास्राविलेक्षणः निपपात च हृष्टात्मा पादयोस्तस्य सादरम्

Transliteration

so 'pi dṛṣṭvā mahādevam ānandāsrāvilekṣaṇaḥ nipapāta ca hṛṣṭātmā pādayostasya sādaram

Translation

മഹാദേവനെ ദർശിച്ച അവനും—ആനന്ദാശ്രുക്കളാൽ നിറഞ്ഞ കണ്ണുകളോടെ—ഹർഷിതഹൃദയത്തോടെ വീണു, ഭക്തിയോടെ അവിടുത്തെ പാദങ്ങളിൽ സാദരമായി നമസ്കരിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• सोऽपि (so 'pi): he too

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā): having seen

• महादेवम् (mahādevam): Mahādeva (Lord Śiva)

• आनन्द-आस्रावि-लेक्षणः (ānanda-āsrāvi-lekṣaṇaḥ): whose eyes were streaming tears of bliss

• निपपात (nipapāta): fell down/prostrated

• च (ca): and

• हृष्ट-आत्मा (hṛṣṭātmā): with a delighted/joyful heart

• पादयोः (pādayoḥ): at the feet (dual)

• तस्य (tasya): of Him

• सादरम् (sādaram): respectfully, with reverence

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the episode to the sages of Naimisharanya)