Shloka 32

शिवार्चनविधिः — देवतानां पाशुपतव्रतप्राप्तिः तथा पशुपाशविमोक्षणम् (अध्याय ८०)

Devanagari script

गेयनादरतैर्दिव्यै रुद्रकन्यासहस्रकैः नृत्यद्भिर् अप्सरःसंघैर् अमरैरपि दुर्लभैः

Transliteration

geyanādaratairdivyai rudrakanyāsahasrakaiḥ nṛtyadbhir apsaraḥsaṃghair amarairapi durlabhaiḥ

Translation

Naroon ang libu-libong banal na dalagang Rudra, nalulugod sa pag-awit; at mga pangkat ng Apsarā na sumasayaw—mga tanawing kagila-gilalas, bihira kahit sa mga walang-kamatayan—na nagpapalamuti sa sagradong pagdalo ni Rudra.

Word by Word

• geya: song

• nāda-ratair: devoted to sound/music

• divyaiḥ: divine, celestial

• rudra-kanyā-sahasrakaiḥ: by thousands of Rudra’s maidens (Rudra-kanyās)

• nṛtyadbhiḥ: dancing

• apsaraḥ-saṃghaiḥ: by groups/hosts of Apsarās

• amaraiḥ: by the immortals (Devas)

• api: even

• durlabhaiḥ: rare, difficult to obtain/see

Speaker

Suta Goswami