Shloka 35

Indra’s Account: Shilada’s Tapas and Shiva’s Manifestation as Nandi

Devanagari script

श्रावयेद्वा द्विजान् भक्त्या मया सार्धं स मोदते एवं स्तुत्वा सुतं बालं प्रणम्य बहुमानतः

Transliteration

śrāvayedvā dvijān bhaktyā mayā sārdhaṃ sa modate evaṃ stutvā sutaṃ bālaṃ praṇamya bahumānataḥ

Translation

O kaya, sa debosyon, dapat niya itong bigkasin nang malakas para marinig ng mga “dalawang-beses na isinilang”; kasama ko, siya’y nagagalak. Sa gayon, matapos purihin ang batang anak, siya’y yumukod at nagpatirapa nang may dakilang paggalang.

Word by Word

• śrāvayet: should cause to be heard/recite aloud

• vā: or

• dvijān: the twice-born (Brahmins and other initiated)

• bhaktyā: with devotion

• mayā sārdham: together with me/in my company

• saḥ: he

• modate: rejoices, delights

• evam: thus

• stutvā: having praised

• sutam: the son

• bālam: the child/young one

• praṇamya: having bowed/prostrated

• bahu-mānataḥ: with great respect/honour

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)