Shloka 7

Adhyaya 22 — शिवानुग्रहः, ब्रह्मतपः, एकादशरुद्राः तथा प्राणतत्त्वम्

Devanagari script

उवाच भगवान्देवो मधुरं श्लक्ष्णया गिरा भो भो हिरण्यगर्भ त्वां त्वां च कृष्ण ब्रवीम्यहम्

Transliteration

uvāca bhagavāndevo madhuraṃ ślakṣṇayā girā bho bho hiraṇyagarbha tvāṃ tvāṃ ca kṛṣṇa bravīmyaham

Translation

ਭਗਵਾਨ ਦੇਵ ਨੇ ਮਿੱਠੀ ਤੇ ਕੋਮਲ ਬਾਣੀ ਨਾਲ ਕਿਹਾ— “ਹੇ ਹਿਰਣ੍ਯਗਰਭ (ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ)! ਅਤੇ ਤੂੰ ਵੀ, ਹੇ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ—ਸੁਣ, ਮੈਂ ਕਹਿੰਦਾ ਹਾਂ।”

Word by Word

• उवाच: spoke

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord (Pati, Śiva)

• देवः: the Deva, the shining Lord

• मधुरम्: sweetly

• श्लक्ष्णया: gently, softly

• गिरा: with speech/voice

• भो भो: O! O! (a direct address)

• हिरण्यगर्भ: Hiraṇyagarbha (Brahmā, the cosmic creator)

• त्वाम् त्वाम्: you, you (emphatic address)

• च: and

• कृष्ण: Kṛṣṇa (the dark-hued one

• ब्रवीमि: I speak, I declare

• अहम्: I

Speaker

Shiva (Bhagavān Deva, Pati)