Shloka 23
नन्दिकेश्वरोत्पत्तिः — Nandikesvara’s Origin, Shiva’s Boons, and the Rise of Sacred Rivers
Devanagari script
नृणां योनिपरित्यागः सर्वथैव विवेकिनः एवमुक्त्वा तु मां साक्षात् सर्वदेवमहेश्वरः
Transliteration
nṛṇāṃ yoniparityāgaḥ sarvathaiva vivekinaḥ evamuktvā tu māṃ sākṣāt sarvadevamaheśvaraḥ
Translation
ਵਿਵੇਕੀ ਮਨੁੱਖਾਂ ਲਈ ਯੋਨੀ‑ਬੰਧਨ (ਵਾਰ ਵਾਰ ਦੇਹ ਧਾਰਣ) ਦਾ ਸਰਬਥਾ ਤਿਆਗ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਕਹਿ ਕੇ ਸਾਕਸ਼ਾਤ ਸਭ ਦੇਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਮਹੇਸ਼ਵਰ ਨੇ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਅੱਗੇ ਉਪਦੇਸ਼ ਦਿੱਤਾ।
Word by Word
नृणाम्of men
नृणाम्:
योनिwomb, source of birth, embodied state
योनि:
परित्यागःabandonment, renunciation
परित्यागः:
सर्वथा एवin every way, completely
सर्वथा एव:
विवेकिनःof the discerning one, of one endowed with discrimination (viveka)
विवेकिनः:
एवम्thus
एवम्:
उक्त्वाhaving said
उक्त्वा:
तुthen/indeed
तु:
माम्to me
माम्:
साक्षात्directly, in person
साक्षात्:
सर्वदेवमहेश्वरःMaheshvara, Lord over all the gods
सर्वदेवमहेश्वरः:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating an internal instruction spoken by Shiva/Maheshvara)