Shloka 2

Adhyaya 87 — Saṃsāra-viṣa-kathana: Ājñā-śakti, Māyā-bandha, and Mokṣa by Prasāda

Devanagari script

एवं चेदनया देव्या हैमवत्या महेश्वर क्रीडसे विविधैर्भोगैः कथं वक्तुमिहार्हसि

Transliteration

evaṃ cedanayā devyā haimavatyā maheśvara krīḍase vividhairbhogaiḥ kathaṃ vaktumihārhasi

Translation

एवं चेद् अनया देव्या हैमवत्या महेश्वर । क्रीडसे विविधैर्भोगैः कथं वक्तुमिहार्हसि ॥

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus

• चेत्: if

• अनया: with this (feminine, instrumental)

• देव्या: with the Goddess

• हैमवत्या: with Haimavatī (Pārvatī, daughter of Himavat)

• महेश्वर: O Great Lord

• क्रीडसे: you play/sport

• विविधैः: with various

• भोगैः: enjoyments/experiences

• कथम्: how

• वक्तुम्: to speak

• इह: here/in this matter

• अर्हसि: you are fit/appropriate

Speaker

Parvati (Haimavati) addressing Shiva (Maheshvara)