Shloka 22

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

Devanagari script

सर्वे भवांशजा नूनं गतिस्त्वेषां स एव वै सर्वो रुद्रो नमस्तस्मै पुरुषाय महात्मने

Transliteration

sarve bhavāṃśajā nūnaṃ gatistveṣāṃ sa eva vai sarvo rudro namastasmai puruṣāya mahātmane

Translation

सर्वे भवांशजा नूनं गतिस्त्वेषां स एव वै। सर्वो रुद्रो नमस्तस्मै पुरुषाय महात्मने॥

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all

• भव-अंश-जाः: born from a portion/lineage of Bhava (Śiva)

• नूनम्: surely

• गतिः: refuge/goal/destination

• तु: indeed

• एषाम्: of these (beings)

• सः: He

• एव: alone

• वै: verily

• सर्वः: all (as the all-pervading one)

• रुद्रः: Rudra (Śiva)

• नमः: salutation

• तस्मै: to Him

• पुरुषाय: to the Supreme Person

• महात्मने: to the Great-souled One

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages; verse voiced as a devotional conclusion within the chapter’s teaching)