Shloka 10

नन्दिकेश्वरोत्पत्तिः — Nandikesvara’s Origin, Shiva’s Boons, and the Rise of Sacred Rivers

Devanagari script

न दृष्टमेवमाश्चर्यम् आयुर्वर्षादतः परम् इत्युक्तवति विप्रेन्द्रः शिलादः पुत्रवत्सलः

Transliteration

na dṛṣṭamevamāścaryam āyurvarṣādataḥ param ityuktavati viprendraḥ śilādaḥ putravatsalaḥ

Translation

“Hindi pa ako nakakita ng ganitong kababalaghan—na ang buhay ay nalilimitahan lamang sa isang takdang bilang ng taon at wala nang higit!” Nang masabi iyon, ang pinakadakilang Brahmana, si Śilāda, na mapagmahal sa anak, ay nayanig sa dalamhati at pagninilay.

Word by Word

• na: not

• dṛṣṭam: seen/experienced

• evam: thus/in this manner

• āścaryam: wonder/marvel

• āyuḥ: lifespan

• varṣāt: from/limited by years

• ataḥ param: beyond this/no further

• iti: thus

• uktavati: when it was said/when she/they spoke

• vipra-indraḥ: chief among Brahmins

• śilādaḥ: Śilāda (the sage)

• putra-vatsalaḥ: affectionate toward his son/son-loving

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the episode of Śilāda within the Linga Purana’s Purva-Bhaga)