Shloka 34

ग्रहसंख्यावर्णनम् — ध्रुवस्य तपोबलात् ध्रुवस्थानप्राप्तिः

Devanagari script

न विदुस्त्वां महात्मानं सनकाद्या महर्षयः तत्कथं त्वामहं विद्यां नमस्ते भुवनेश्वर

Transliteration

na vidustvāṃ mahātmānaṃ sanakādyā maharṣayaḥ tatkathaṃ tvāmahaṃ vidyāṃ namaste bhuvaneśvara

Translation

Bahkan para maharishi agung seperti Sanaka dan yang lain pun tidak sungguh mengenal-Mu, wahai Yang Berjiwa Agung. Maka bagaimana mungkin aku memahami-Mu? Sembah sujud kepada-Mu, wahai Penguasa segala dunia.

Word by Word

• na: not

• viduḥ: know

• tvām: You

• mahātmānam: the great-souled one

• sanaka-ādyāḥ: Sanaka and the others

• maharṣayaḥ: great seers

• tat: therefore/then

• katham: how

• tvām: You

• aham: I

• vidyām: might know/comprehend

• namaḥ te: salutations to You

• bhuvaneśvara: Lord of the worlds

Speaker

A devotee/supplicant addressing Shiva (within Suta’s narrated discourse)