Shloka 9

Adhyaya 44: Nandikesvara’s Manifestation and Abhisheka; The Rule of Namaskara in Shiva-Nama

Devanagari script

ते गणेशा महासत्त्वाः सर्वदेवेश्वरेश्वराः प्रणम्य देवं देवीं च इदं वचनम् अब्रुवन्

Transliteration

te gaṇeśā mahāsattvāḥ sarvadeveśvareśvarāḥ praṇamya devaṃ devīṃ ca idaṃ vacanam abruvan

Translation

ఆ మహాసత్త్వ గణేశ్వరులు—సర్వదేవాధిపతులకూ అధిపతులు—దేవునికీ దేవికీ నమస్కరించి, తరువాత ఈ వాక్యాన్ని పలికారు।

Word by Word

• ते (te): those

• गणेशाः (gaṇeśāḥ): lords of the gaṇas/attendant hosts

• महासत्त्वाः (mahāsattvāḥ): great-souled, mighty beings

• सर्वदेवेश्वरेश्वराः (sarva-deveśvara-īśvarāḥ): supreme overlords among the lords of all the gods

• प्रणम्य (praṇamya): having bowed down, having paid obeisance

• देवं (devaṁ): the God (Śiva)

• देवीं (devīṁ): the Goddess (Śakti/Umā)

• च (ca): and

• इदं (idaṁ): this

• वचनम् (vacanam): speech, statement

• अब्रुवन् (abruvan): they said, they spoke.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating); within the scene, Shiva’s Gaṇas speak after bowing to Shiva and the Goddess