Shloka 46
Adhyaya 44: Nandikesvara’s Manifestation and Abhisheka; The Rule of Namaskara in Shiva-Nama
Devanagari script
अथाज्ञां प्रददौ तेषाम् अर्हाणाम् आज्ञया विभोः नन्दिको नगजाभर्तुस् तेषां पाशुपतीं शुभाम्
Transliteration
athājñāṃ pradadau teṣām arhāṇām ājñayā vibhoḥ nandiko nagajābhartus teṣāṃ pāśupatīṃ śubhām
Translation
अथ विभोः आज्ञया नन्दिकः तेषाम् अर्हाणाम् पाशुपतीं शुभाम् आज्ञां प्रददौ, नगजाभर्तुः प्रभोः॥
Word by Word
athathen
atha:
ājñāmcommand/directive
ājñām:
pradadaugave/bestowed
pradadau:
teṣāmto them/of them
teṣām:
arhāṇāmof the worthy/venerable ones
arhāṇām:
ājñayāby the order
ājñayā:
vibhoḥof the all-pervading Lord
vibhoḥ:
nandikaḥ (nandiko)Nandī/Nandin
nandikaḥ (nandiko):
nagajā-bhartuḥof the husband of Nagajā (Pārvatī), i.e., Śiva
nagajā-bhartuḥ:
teṣāmfor them
teṣām:
pāśupatīmPāśupata (lordship/authority/teaching pertaining to Paśupati)
pāśupatīm:
śubhāmauspicious/beneficial.
śubhām:
Speaker
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the Purāṇic account; internal action attributed to Nandin under Śiva’s command)