Shloka 48

Adhyaya 17: लिङ्गोद्भव—ब्रह्मविष्ण्वहङ्कार-शमनं, ओंकार-प्रादुर्भावः, मन्त्र-तत्त्वं च

Devanagari script

पृष्ठतः पार्श्वतश्चैव चाग्रतः परमेश्वरम् प्रणिपत्य मया सार्धं सस्मार किमिदं त्विति

Transliteration

pṛṣṭhataḥ pārśvataścaiva cāgrataḥ parameśvaram praṇipatya mayā sārdhaṃ sasmāra kimidaṃ tviti

Translation

Prostrando-se diante de Parameśvara —por trás, pelos lados e pela frente— juntamente comigo, ele ponderou: “Que é isto, de fato?”

Word by Word

• pṛṣṭhataḥ: from behind

• pārśvataḥ: from the sides

• ca eva: and indeed

• ca agrataḥ: and from the front

• parameśvaram: to the Supreme Lord (Śiva as Pati)

• praṇipatya: having prostrated/bowed down

• mayā sārdham: along with me

• sasmāra: he pondered/remembered (inwardly reflected)

• kim: what

• idam: this

• tu: indeed

• iti: thus

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the episode, with an internal character described as bowing and wondering at the Linga/Parameśvara)