Shloka 17

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

Devanagari script

प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य च तं रुद्रजाप्यरतो ऽभवम् हृत्पुण्डरीके सुषिरे ध्यात्वा देवं त्रियंबकम्

Transliteration

pradakṣiṇīkṛtya ca taṃ rudrajāpyarato 'bhavam hṛtpuṇḍarīke suṣire dhyātvā devaṃ triyaṃbakam

Translation

Совершив вокруг Него прадакшину, я предался джапе мантры Рудры; и, созерцая Трьямбаку, Трёхокого, в тончайшей полости сердечного лотоса, я утвердил сознание на Пати, освобождающем пашу от паши.

Word by Word

• प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य: having circumambulated (keeping the deity to one’s right)

• च: and

• तम्: Him

• रुद्रजाप्यरतः: intent on Rudra-japa (repetition of Rudra’s name/mantra)

• अभवम्: I became

• हृत्पुण्डरीके: in the heart-lotus

• सुषिरे: in the subtle cavity/inner space

• ध्यात्वा: having meditated

• देवम्: the God, the luminous Lord

• त्र्यम्बकम्/त्रियंबकम्: Tryambaka, the three-eyed Shiva

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal devotional practice account within the Purva-Bhaga narrative)