Shloka 22

दारुवनलीला—नीललोहितपरीक्षा, ब्रह्मोपदेशः, अतिथिधर्मः, संन्यासक्रमः

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा श्रुत्वा भवस्तासां चेष्टावाक्यानि चाव्ययः शुभं वाप्यशुभं वापि नोक्तवान्परमेश्वरः

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā śrutvā bhavastāsāṃ ceṣṭāvākyāni cāvyayaḥ śubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ vāpi noktavānparameśvaraḥ

Translation

婆婆（Bhava）——不坏的至上主宰帕拉梅湿伐罗（Parameśvara）——见闻她们的举止言语，却既不说“此为吉祥”，也不说“此为不祥”。

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen

• श्रुत्वा: having heard

• भवः: Bhava (Śiva)

• तासाम्: of them

• चेष्टा-वाक्यानि: actions and utterances

• च: and

• अव्ययः: imperishable, unchanging

• शुभम्: auspicious/meritorious

• वा अपि: or even

• अशुभम्: inauspicious/demeritorious

• वा अपि: or even

• न उक्तवान्: did not say, did not declare

• परमेश्वरः: the Supreme Lord (Śiva).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages; internal scene describes Shiva as the silent witness)