Shloka 3

जम्बूद्वीपस्य नववर्षविभागः रुद्रस्य अष्टक्षेत्रसन्निधिः नाभि-ऋषभ-भरतकथा

Devanagari script

तस्य पुत्रा बभूवुस्ते प्रजापतिसमा नव सर्वे माहेश्वराश्चैव महादेवपरायणाः

Transliteration

tasya putrā babhūvuste prajāpatisamā nava sarve māheśvarāścaiva mahādevaparāyaṇāḥ

Translation

Mula sa kanya ay isinilang ang siyam na anak na lalaki, na kapantay ng mga Prajāpati; silang lahat ay mga deboto ni Maheśvara, at buong pusong nakatuon kay Mahādeva bilang Kataas-taasang Pati.

Word by Word

• tasya: of him

• putrāḥ: sons

• babhūvuḥ: were born/came to be

• te: those

• prajāpati-samāḥ: equal to the Prajapatis (lords of progeny)

• nava: nine

• sarve: all

• māheśvarāḥ: belonging to Maheśvara / Shaiva devotees

• ca eva: and indeed

• mahādeva-parāyaṇāḥ: having Mahadeva as their sole refuge/ultimate aim

Speaker

Suta Goswami