Shloka 40

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

Devanagari script

त्रिस्रोतसं नदीं दृष्ट्वा वृषः परमहर्षितः ननाद नादात्तस्माच्च सरिदन्या ततो ऽभवत्

Transliteration

trisrotasaṃ nadīṃ dṛṣṭvā vṛṣaḥ paramaharṣitaḥ nanāda nādāttasmācca saridanyā tato 'bhavat

Translation

Ao ver o rio de três correntes, o Touro (Vṛṣa, emblema do dharma) rejubilou-se ao máximo e mugiu; desse mugido mesmo, surgiu depois outro rio sagrado.

Word by Word

• त्रिस्रोतसम्: three-streamed

• नदीम्: river

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen

• वृषः: the Bull (Vṛṣa

• परमहर्षितः: exceedingly rejoiced

• ननाद: bellowed/roared

• नादात्: from the sound/bellow

• तस्मात्: from that

• च: and

• सरित्: river/stream

• अन्या: another

• ततः: then/thereafter

• अभवत्: arose/came to be

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)