Shloka 144

Adhyaya 71: पुरत्रयवृत्तान्तः—ब्रह्मवरदानम्, मयकृतत्रिपुर-निर्माणम्, विष्णुमाया-धर्मविघ्नः, शिवस्तुति, त्रिपुरदाहोपक्रमः

Devanagari script

प्रणम्य नन्दिनं मूर्ध्ना सह तेन त्वरन् ययौ नन्दी भाति महातेजा वृषपृष्ठे वृषध्वजः

Transliteration

praṇamya nandinaṃ mūrdhnā saha tena tvaran yayau nandī bhāti mahātejā vṛṣapṛṣṭhe vṛṣadhvajaḥ

Translation

Prostrando-se diante de Nandin com a cabeça inclinada, apressou-se adiante junto com ele. Ali, Nandin brilhava com imenso esplendor, enquanto o Senhor do estandarte do Touro (Śiva) resplandecia sobre o dorso do touro—Pati, o soberano que conduz os paśus atados rumo à libertação.

Word by Word

• praṇamya: having bowed

• nandinam: to Nandin

• mūrdhnā: with (one’s) head

• saha: together with

• tena: with him

• tvaran: hurrying

• yayau: went

• nandī: Nandin

• bhāti: shines/appears radiant

• mahā-tejā: of great splendor

• vṛṣa-pṛṣṭhe: on the bull’s back

• vṛṣa-dhvajaḥ: the One whose banner is the bull (Śiva)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)