Shloka 8

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

भगवन्देवदेवेश विष्णो जिष्णो जनार्दन दानवैः पीडिताः सर्वे वयं शरणमागताः

Transliteration

bhagavandevadeveśa viṣṇo jiṣṇo janārdana dānavaiḥ pīḍitāḥ sarve vayaṃ śaraṇamāgatāḥ

Translation

ഹേ ഭഗവാൻ, ഹേ ദേവദേവേശ! ഹേ വിഷ്ണോ, ഹേ അജേയ ജിഷ്ണു, ഹേ ജനാർദന! ദാനവന്മാർ പീഡിപ്പിച്ചതിനാൽ ഞങ്ങൾ എല്ലാവരും നിങ്ങളുടെ ശരണത്തിൽ എത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• भगवन्: O Blessed Lord

• देवदेवेश: Lord of the lords of the gods

• विष्णो: O Viṣṇu

• जिष्णो: O Unconquered One

• जनार्दन: O Janārdana (protector and chastiser of the wicked)

• दानवैः: by the Dānavas (Daityas/demonic clans)

• पीडिताः: tormented/oppressed

• सर्वे: all

• वयम्: we

• शरणम्: refuge/shelter

• आगताः: have come/arrived

Speaker

The Devas (gods), petitioning Vishnu for protection (as framed within Suta's narration)