Shloka 14

Adhyaya 44: Nandikesvara’s Manifestation and Abhisheka; The Rule of Namaskara in Shiva-Nama

Devanagari script

तांस्तथावादिनः सर्वान् गणेशान् सर्वसंमतान् उवाच देवः सम्पूज्य कोटिकोटिशतान्प्रभुः

Transliteration

tāṃstathāvādinaḥ sarvān gaṇeśān sarvasaṃmatān uvāca devaḥ sampūjya koṭikoṭiśatānprabhuḥ

Translation

तांस्तथावादिनः सर्वान् गणेशान् सर्वसंमतान् । उवाच देवः सम्पूज्य कोटिकोटिशतान्प्रभुः ॥

Word by Word

• तान् (tān): them

• तथा-वादिनः (tathā-vādinaḥ): speaking thus / of that same statement

• सर्वान् (sarvān): all

• गणेशान् (gaṇeśān): the chiefs of the gaṇas / divine hosts

• सर्व-संमतान् (sarva-saṁmatān): approved by all / universally accepted

• उवाच (uvāca): spoke / addressed

• देवः (devaḥ): the Deva, Lord (Śiva)

• सम्पूज्य (sampūjya): having fully honored / worshipped

• कोटि-कोटि-शतान् (koṭi-koṭi-śatān): hundreds of crores upon crores (innumerable)

• प्रभुः (prabhuḥ): the Lord, sovereign.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating), with Shiva as the one who speaks within the scene