Shloka 8

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

Devanagari script

मित्रावरुणनामानौ तपोयोगबलान्वितौ तस्याश्रमं गतौ दिव्यौ द्रष्टुं मां चाज्ञया विभोः

Transliteration

mitrāvaruṇanāmānau tapoyogabalānvitau tasyāśramaṃ gatau divyau draṣṭuṃ māṃ cājñayā vibhoḥ

Translation

Então os dois seres divinos, chamados Mitra e Varuṇa—dotados do poder nascido do tapas e do yoga—dirigiram-se ao seu eremitério; e, por ordem do Senhor Todo-Poderoso (Pati), vieram ver-me.

Word by Word

• मित्रावरुण-नामानौ: bearing the names Mitra and Varuṇa

• तपस्-योग-बल-अन्वितौ: endowed with strength arising from austerity and yogic discipline

• तस्य: of him / his

• आश्रमम्: hermitage, āśrama

• गतौ: went, proceeded

• दिव्यौ: the two divine beings

• द्रष्टुम्: to see

• माम्: me

• च: and

• आज्ञया: by the command

• विभोः: of the Supreme Lord, the Omnipotent (Pati)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a prior episode; internal speaker implied by 'me')