Shloka 26

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

Devanagari script

समालोक्य च तुष्टात्मा महादेवः सुरेश्वरः अजरो जरया त्यक्तो नित्यं दुःखविवर्जितः

Transliteration

samālokya ca tuṣṭātmā mahādevaḥ sureśvaraḥ ajaro jarayā tyakto nityaṃ duḥkhavivarjitaḥ

Translation

Nang masdan ang lahat ng naganap, si Mahādeva—Panginoon ng mga diyos—ay nasiyahan sa kalooban. Siya’y walang pagtanda, di naaabot ng pagkabulok, at laging walang dalamhati—si Pati, ang Kataas-taasang Panginoon na lampas sa lahat ng naglilimita at gapos.

Word by Word

• समालोक्य: having looked upon, having beheld

• च: and

• तुष्टात्मा: one whose inner being is content/satisfied

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Great God, Śiva)

• सुरेश्वरः: Lord of the Devas

• अजरः: ageless, not subject to old age

• जरया: by old age/decay

• त्यक्तः: abandoned, left behind, untouched (by)

• नित्यम्: always, eternally

• दुःखविवर्जितः: devoid of suffering, free from sorrow

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)