Shloka 169
वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)
Devanagari script
यथाप्रधानं भगवान् इति भक्त्या स्तुतो मया भक्तिमेवं पुरस्कृत्य मया यज्ञपतिर्विभुः
Transliteration
yathāpradhānaṃ bhagavān iti bhaktyā stuto mayā bhaktimevaṃ puraskṛtya mayā yajñapatirvibhuḥ
Translation
依于最为根本者，我以奉爱（bhakti）称颂主为“薄伽梵（Bhagavān）”。如是以前置奉爱之心，我赞叹遍一切的祭主（Yajñapati）——湿婆，祭祀之主。
Word by Word
yathā-pradhānamaccording to what is primary/foremost
yathā-pradhānam:
bhagavānthe Blessed Lord (Pati, possessor of lordly powers)
bhagavān:
itithus/as
iti:
bhaktyāwith devotion
bhaktyā:
stutaḥpraised
stutaḥ:
mayāby me
mayā:
bhaktimdevotion (loving surrender)
bhaktim:
evamin this manner
evam:
puraskṛtyaplacing in front, giving precedence to
puraskṛtya:
yajña-patiḥLord of sacrifice, master of yajña (Shiva as the inner enjoyer and regulator)
yajña-patiḥ:
vibhuḥthe all-pervading, sovereign Lord
vibhuḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the puranic account; the 'I' refers to the internal narrator/devotee within the cited episode)