Shloka 6

शिवार्चनविधिः — देवतानां पाशुपतव्रतप्राप्तिः तथा पशुपाशविमोक्षणम् (अध्याय ८०)

Devanagari script

देस्च्रिप्तिओन् ओफ़् म्त्। मेरु सकलदुरितहीनं सर्वदं भोगमुख्यं मुदितकुररवृन्दं नादितं नागवृन्दैः मधुररणितगीतं सानुकूलान्धकारं पदरचितवनान्तं कान्तवातान्ततोयम्

Transliteration

description of Mt. Meru sakaladuritahīnaṃ sarvadaṃ bhogamukhyaṃ muditakuraravṛndaṃ nāditaṃ nāgavṛndaiḥ madhuraraṇitagītaṃ sānukūlāndhakāraṃ padaracitavanāntaṃ kāntavātāntatoyam

Translation

Gunung Meru bebas daripada segala noda dosa; ia menganugerahkan segala pencapaian dan paling utama dalam mengurniakan kenikmatan yang mulia. Ia bergema dengan keriangan kawanan burung dan disahut oleh rombongan nāga. Kicauannya manis dan berdering; teduhnya sejuk menyenangkan. Rimba dan lurahnya dilalui denai yang sering dipijak, serta dihiasi hembusan angin nyaman dan air yang menyegarkan.

Word by Word

• meruḥ: Mount Meru

• sakala: all

• durita: demerit/sin

• hīnam: devoid of

• sarva-dam: bestowing all (boons/attainments)

• bhoga-mukhyam: foremost in enjoyments/prosperity

• mudita: delighted/joyous

• kurara-vṛndam: flocks of kurara-birds (ospreys)

• nāditam: made to resound

• nāga-vṛndaiḥ: by groups of nāgas/serpentine beings

• madhura: sweet

• raṇita: ringing/warbling

• gītam: song

• sānukūla: pleasant/favorable

• andhakāram: shade/dimness

• pada-racita: made/marked by footsteps (well-laid paths)

• vanāntam: forest-ends/groves/glades

• kānta: charming/delightful

• vāta: breeze/wind

• anta: together with/ending in (here: accompanied by)

• toyam: water

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)