Shloka 42

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

Devanagari script

लब्धो हारश् च परमो देव्याः कण्ठगतस् तथा वृषेन्द्रश् च सितो नागः सिंहः सिंहध्वजस् तथा

Transliteration

labdho hāraś ca paramo devyāḥ kaṇṭhagatas tathā vṛṣendraś ca sito nāgaḥ siṃhaḥ siṃhadhvajas tathā

Translation

Isang kataas-taasang kuwintas ang nakamtan at isinabit sa leeg ng Devī. Gayundin, lumitaw ang marangal na toro, ang puting ahas, ang leon, at ang bandilang leon—mga sagisag na nagpapahayag ng paghahari ng Śiva–Śakti at ng mapalad na lakas na nag-iingat sa paśu mula sa pāśa sa ilalim ng pagka-Pati.

Word by Word

• लब्धः: obtained

• हारः: necklace/garland

• च: and

• परमः: supreme/excellent

• देव्याः: of the Goddess

• कण्ठगतः: set upon the neck/come to the throat (worn at the neck)

• तथा: likewise

• वृषेन्द्रः: best of bulls/lordly bull

• च: and

• सितः: white

• नागः: serpent

• सिंहः: lion

• सिंहध्वजः: lion-banner/standard bearing a lion

• तथा: also/likewise

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)