Shloka 33

अध्याय ९६: शरभ-प्रादुर्भावः, नृसिंह-दर्पशमनम्, विष्णोः शिवस्तुतिः, फलश्रुति

Devanagari script

विश्वाधिकः स्वतन्त्रश् च कर्ता हर्ताखिलेश्वरः इदं तु मत्परं तेजः कः पुनः श्रोतुमिच्छति

Transliteration

viśvādhikaḥ svatantraś ca kartā hartākhileśvaraḥ idaṃ tu matparaṃ tejaḥ kaḥ punaḥ śrotumicchati

Translation

ਉਹ ਸਾਰੇ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਤੋਂ ਪਰੇ, ਪੂਰਨ ਸੁਤੰਤਰ, ਕਰਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਹਰਤਾ, ਅਖਿਲੇਸ਼ਵਰ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਮੇਰਾ ਪਰਮ ਤੇਜ ਹੈ; ਫਿਰ ਹੋਰ ਕੌਣ ਸੁਣਨਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ?

Word by Word

• विश्वाधिकः: beyond the universe, transcending all worlds

• स्वतन्त्रः: independent, self-sovereign

• च: and

• कर्ता: creator/doer/agent

• हर्ता: withdrawer/destroyer/one who reabsorbs

• अखिलेश्वरः: Lord of all without remainder

• इदम्: this

• तु: indeed/but

• मत्परम्: having Me as the highest goal, centered on Me

• तेजः: splendor, divine radiance/power

• कः: who?

• पुनः: further/again

• श्रोतुम्: to hear

• इच्छति: desires

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-tattva within the Purana’s discourse)