Shloka 9

Mahādeva’s Boon: Unwavering Bhakti, Tri-functional Cosmos, and the Supratiṣṭhā of Liṅga-Arcā

Devanagari script

आवयोर्देवदेवेश विवादमतिशोभनम् इहागतो भवान् यस्माद् विवादशमनाय नौ

Transliteration

āvayordevadeveśa vivādamatiśobhanam ihāgato bhavān yasmād vivādaśamanāya nau

Translation

O Panginoon ng mga diyos, Diyos ng mga diyos—sapagkat sa aming dalawa ay sumiklab ang isang pagtatalong maringal ngunit matindi, kaya ikaw ay naparito upang payapain ang aming alitan.

Word by Word

• āvayoḥ: of the two of us

• deva-deveśa: O Lord of the gods, God of gods

• vivādam: dispute, contention

• ati-śobhanam: exceedingly striking/splendid (yet formidable)

• iha: here

• āgataḥ: having come/arrived

• bhavān: you (honorific)

• yasmāt: because/since

• vivāda-śamanāya: for the pacification of the dispute

• nau: of us two/for us two

Speaker

Brahma or Vishnu (addressing Shiva as the supreme arbiter)