Shloka 8

Adhyaya 22 — शिवानुग्रहः, ब्रह्मतपः, एकादशरुद्राः तथा प्राणतत्त्वम्

Devanagari script

प्रीतो ऽहमनया भक्त्या शाश्वताक्षरयुक्तया भवन्तौ हृदयस्यास्य मम हृद्यतरावुभौ

Transliteration

prīto 'hamanayā bhaktyā śāśvatākṣarayuktayā bhavantau hṛdayasyāsya mama hṛdyatarāvubhau

Translation

Aku berkenan dengan bhakti ini, yang bersatu dengan suku kata suci yang kekal dan tak binasa. Kamu berdua sesungguhnya adalah hati di dalam hati-Ku—keduanya amat Kukasihi.

Word by Word

• prītaḥ: pleased, gratified

• aham: I

• anayā: by this

• bhaktyā: devotion

• śāśvata: eternal

• akṣara: imperishable syllable (Akṣara/Pranava)

• yuktayā: endowed with, joined to

• bhavantau: you two

• hṛdayasya: of the heart

• asya: of this

• mama: my

• hṛdyatarau: dearer, most beloved

• ubhau: both

Speaker

Shiva (within Suta’s narration)