Shloka 18

देवादिसृष्टिकथनम् (वसिष्ठशोकः, पराशरजन्म, एकलिङ्गपूजा, रुद्रदर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

ततो निशम्य भगवान् वसिष्ठ ऋचमादरात् केनोक्तमिति संचिन्त्य तदातिष्ठत्समाहितः

Transliteration

tato niśamya bhagavān vasiṣṭha ṛcamādarāt kenoktamiti saṃcintya tadātiṣṭhatsamāhitaḥ

Translation

Pagkaraan, ang kagalang-galang na si Vasiṣṭha, matapos marinig nang may paggalang ang banal na taludtod na ṛk, ay nagmuni: “Sino ang bumigkas nito?” at, sa isip na natipon, nanatiling nakahimpil sa taimtim na pagninilay.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then

• niśamya: having heard

• bhagavān: the revered one (venerable sage)

• vasiṣṭhaḥ: Vasiṣṭha

• ṛcam: a Ṛc/vedic hymn-verse

• ādarāt: with reverence, respectfully

• kena: by whom

• uktam: spoken, uttered

• iti: thus

• saṃcintya: having considered, reflected

• tat: that (utterance/meaning)

• ātiṣṭhat: stood firm, remained, stayed

• samāhitaḥ: composed, concentrated, collected (in meditation).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (outer narration; describing Vasiṣṭha’s response)