Shloka 33

क्षुपस्य विष्णुदर्शनं, वैष्णवस्तोत्रं, दधीचविवादः, स्थानेश्वरतीर्थमाहात्म्यं

Devanagari script

आस्थाय रूपं विप्रस्य भगवान् भक्तवत्सलः दधीचमाह ब्रह्मर्षिम् अभिवन्द्य जगद्गुरुः

Transliteration

āsthāya rūpaṃ viprasya bhagavān bhaktavatsalaḥ dadhīcamāha brahmarṣim abhivandya jagadguruḥ

Translation

ਭਗਵਾਨ, ਜੋ ਭਕਤਾਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਹਨ, ਨੇ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ ਦਾ ਰੂਪ ਧਾਰਿਆ। ਜਗਦਗੁਰੂ ਨੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਰਿਸ਼ੀ ਦਧੀਚੀ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ ਕਰ ਕੇ ਇਹ ਕਿਹਾ।

Word by Word

• आस्थाय: having assumed

• रूपम्: a form

• विप्रस्य: of a brahmin (priestly sage)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord (Pati, the Supreme)

• भक्तवत्सलः: affectionate/protective toward devotees

• दधीचम्: to Dadhīci

• आह: said/spoke

• ब्रह्मर्षिम्: the brahmarṣi (seer established in Brahman)

• अभिवन्द्य: having saluted/bowed to

• जगद्गुरुः: the Teacher of the world (Śiva as Sadguru)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating); within the episode, Shiva (as jagadguru) speaks to Dadhichi