Shloka 181

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

नान्यमिच्छामि भक्तानाम् आर्तयो नास्ति यत्प्रभो तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य दयावान् सुतरां भवः

Transliteration

nānyamicchāmi bhaktānām ārtayo nāsti yatprabho tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya dayāvān sutarāṃ bhavaḥ

Translation

“வேறொன்றும் வேண்டேன்—என் ஆண்டவா, உமது பக்தர்களின் துயரம் எஞ்சாமல் போக வேண்டும்.” அவன் சொற்களை கேட்ட பவ (சிவன்) மேலும் கருணைமிகுந்தார்.

Word by Word

• na: not

• anyam: anything else

• icchāmi: I desire

• bhaktānām: of devotees

• ārtayaḥ: sufferings, distresses

• na asti: do not exist / may not remain

• yat: that which

• prabho: O Lord

• tat: that

• śrutvā: having heard

• vacanam: speech, statement

• tasya: of him

• dayāvān: compassionate, full of mercy

• sutarām: exceedingly, all the more

• bhavaḥ: Bhava, Lord Śiva

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal exchange culminating in Shiva’s response)