Shloka 2

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

Devanagari script

त्रिनेत्राश् च महात्मानस् त्रिदशैरपि वन्दिताः कोटिकालाग्निसंकाशा जटामुकुटधारिणः

Transliteration

trinetrāś ca mahātmānas tridaśairapi vanditāḥ koṭikālāgnisaṃkāśā jaṭāmukuṭadhāriṇaḥ

Translation

พวกท่านเป็นมหาตมะผู้มีเนตรที่สาม แม้เหล่าเทพไตรทศก็ยังนอบน้อมบูชา สว่างดุจไฟปรลัยนับโกฏิ และทรงชฎามกุฏ (มงกุฎแห่งชฎา)

Word by Word

• त्रिनेत्राः: three-eyed

• च: and

• महात्मानः: great-souled beings

• त्रिदशैः: by the thirty (and three) gods (the Devas)

• अपि: even

• वन्दिताः: worshipped, revered

• कोटि: a crore (ten million)

• कालाग्नि: the fire of Time / the cosmic fire of dissolution

• संकाशाः: resembling, radiant like

• जटा: matted hair

• मुकुट: crown/diadem

• धारिणः: bearers, wearers

Speaker

Suta Goswami