Devanagari
तथापरे सिद्धगणा महर्षिभि-
र्ये वै समन्तादनु नीललोहितम् ।
नमस्कृत: प्राह शशाङ्कशेखरं
कृतप्रणामं प्रहसन्निवात्मभू: ॥ ४१ ॥
Verse text
tathāpare siddha-gaṇā maharṣibhir
ye vai samantād anu nīlalohitam
namaskṛtaḥ prāha śaśāṅka-śekharaṁ
kṛta-praṇāmaṁ prahasann ivātmabhūḥ
Synonyms
tathā
—
so
;
apare
—
the others
;
siddha
—
gaṇāḥ — the Siddhas
;
mahā
—
ṛṣibhiḥ — along with the great sages
;
ye
—
who
;
vai
—
indeed
;
samantāt
—
from all sides
;
anu
—
after
;
nīlalohitam
—
Lord Śiva
;
namaskṛtaḥ
—
making obeisances
;
prāha
—
said
;
śaśāṅka
—
śekharam — to Lord Śiva
;
kṛta
—
praṇāmam — having made obeisances
;
prahasan
—
smiling
;
iva
—
as
;
ātmabhūḥ
—
Lord Brahmā .
Translation
All the sages who were sitting with Lord Śiva, such as Nārada and others, also offered their respectful obeisances to Lord Brahmā. After being so worshiped, Lord Brahmā, smiling, began to speak to Lord Śiva.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Other great persons along with the sages, who were all around Śiva, offered respects to Brahmā, and Brahmā, smiling then spoke to Śiva, to whom he offered respects.
Those who were with Śiva, such as Nārada, along with the sages, offered respects to Brahmā. Brahmā, being offered respects, spoke to Śiva, who was offered respects by the devatās. Though they were internally fearful, they showed joyful faces externally.
Purport
Lord Brahmā was smiling because he knew that Lord Śiva is not only easily satisfied but easily irritated as well. He was afraid that Lord Śiva might be in an angry mood because he had lost his wife and had been insulted by Dakṣa. In order to conceal this fear, he smiled and addressed Lord Śiva as follows.