Shloka 19

Adhyaya 44: Nandikesvara’s Manifestation and Abhisheka; The Rule of Namaskara in Shiva-Nama

Devanagari script

तस्य सर्वाश्रयं दिव्यं जांबूनदमयं शुभम् आसनं मेरुसंकाशं मनोहरम् उपाहरन्

Transliteration

tasya sarvāśrayaṃ divyaṃ jāṃbūnadamayaṃ śubham āsanaṃ merusaṃkāśaṃ manoharam upāharan

Translation

Para sa Kanya—ang banal na Kanlungan ng lahat—inihandog nila ang isang mapalad na luklukan na yari sa gintong Jāmbūnada, marikit at kaaya-aya, nagniningning na tila Bundok Meru.

Word by Word

• तस्य: for Him

• सर्व-आश्रयम्: the support/refuge of all (Pati, the universal ground)

• दिव्यम्: divine

• जांबूनद-मयम्: made of Jāmbūnada (pure gold)

• शुभम्: auspicious

• आसनम्: seat/throne (āsana-offering in pūjā)

• मेरु-संकाशम्: resembling Meru in brilliance/majesty

• मनोहरम्: charming, delightful

• उपाहरन्: they presented/brought (as an offering).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya; describing the attendants/devas honoring Shiva)