Shloka 26

नन्दिकेश्वरोत्पत्तिः — Nandikesvara’s Origin, Shiva’s Boons, and the Rise of Sacred Rivers

Devanagari script

समालोक्य च तुष्टात्मा महादेवः सुरेश्वरः अजरो जरया त्यक्तो नित्यं दुःखविवर्जितः

Transliteration

samālokya ca tuṣṭātmā mahādevaḥ sureśvaraḥ ajaro jarayā tyakto nityaṃ duḥkhavivarjitaḥ

Translation

Tendo assim contemplado tudo o que ocorrera, Mahādeva—Senhor dos deuses—ficou interiormente satisfeito. Ele é sem velhice, intocado pela decadência e eternamente livre de tristeza: Pati, o Senhor Supremo além de todo vínculo limitador.

Word by Word

• समालोक्य: having looked upon, having beheld

• च: and

• तुष्टात्मा: one whose inner being is content/satisfied

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Great God, Śiva)

• सुरेश्वरः: Lord of the Devas

• अजरः: ageless, not subject to old age

• जरया: by old age/decay

• त्यक्तः: abandoned, left behind, untouched (by)

• नित्यम्: always, eternally

• दुःखविवर्जितः: devoid of suffering, free from sorrow

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)