Shloka 169
वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)
Devanagari script
यथाप्रधानं भगवान् इति भक्त्या स्तुतो मया भक्तिमेवं पुरस्कृत्य मया यज्ञपतिर्विभुः
Transliteration
yathāpradhānaṃ bhagavān iti bhaktyā stuto mayā bhaktimevaṃ puraskṛtya mayā yajñapatirvibhuḥ
Translation
यथाप्रधानं भगवानिति भक्त्या स्तुतो मया। भक्तिमेवं पुरस्कृत्य मया यज्ञपतिर्विभुः॥
Word by Word
yathā-pradhānamaccording to what is primary/foremost
yathā-pradhānam:
bhagavānthe Blessed Lord (Pati, possessor of lordly powers)
bhagavān:
itithus/as
iti:
bhaktyāwith devotion
bhaktyā:
stutaḥpraised
stutaḥ:
mayāby me
mayā:
bhaktimdevotion (loving surrender)
bhaktim:
evamin this manner
evam:
puraskṛtyaplacing in front, giving precedence to
puraskṛtya:
yajña-patiḥLord of sacrifice, master of yajña (Shiva as the inner enjoyer and regulator)
yajña-patiḥ:
vibhuḥthe all-pervading, sovereign Lord
vibhuḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the puranic account; the 'I' refers to the internal narrator/devotee within the cited episode)