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Adhyaya 23: श्वेत-लोहित-पीत-कृष्ण-विश्व-कल्पेषु रुद्रस्वरूप-गायत्री-तत्त्ववर्णनम्

Devanagari script

विश्वात्मानं हि सर्वं त्वां गायत्र्यास्तव चेश्वर तस्य देहि परं स्थानं तथास्त्विति च सो ऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

viśvātmānaṃ hi sarvaṃ tvāṃ gāyatryāstava ceśvara tasya dehi paraṃ sthānaṃ tathāstviti ca so 'bravīt

Translation

“O Panginoon, Ikaw nga ang Kaluluwa ng sansinukob; Ikaw ang lahat ng ito. Sa himno ng Gāyatrī, ipagkaloob mo sa kanya ang kataas-taasang kalagayan.” Nang masambit ito, sumagot Siya: “Mangyari nawa.”

Word by Word

• viśvātmānam: the Universal Self

• hi: indeed

• sarvam: all (of this)

• tvām: you

• gāyatryāḥ: of Gāyatrī

• stava: by the hymn/praise

• ca: and

• īśvara: O Lord

• tasya: to him/of him

• dehi: grant (give)

• param: supreme

• sthānam: abode/state

• tathā astu iti: 'so be it'

• ca: and

• saḥ: he (the Lord)

• abravīt: said

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal benediction dialogue culminating in Shiva’s assent)