Devanagari
यत् ते पितावदद् धर्मं त्वं च सत्यं प्रभाषसे ।
ददामि ते मन्त्रदृशो ज्ञानं ब्रह्म सनातनम् ॥ १० ॥
Verse text
yat te pitāvadad dharmaṁ
tvaṁ ca satyaṁ prabhāṣase
dadāmi te mantra-dṛśo
jñānaṁ brahma sanātanam
Synonyms
yat
—
whatever
;
te
—
your
;
pitā
—
father
;
avadat
—
explained
;
dharmam
—
truth
;
tvam ca
—
you also
;
satyam
—
truth
;
prabhāṣase
—
are speaking
;
dadāmi
—
I shall give
;
te
—
unto you
;
mantra-dṛśaḥ
—
who know the science of mantra
;
jṣānam
—
knowledge
;
brahma
—
transcendental
;
sanātanam
—
eternal.
Translation
Lord Śiva said: Whatever your father has said is the truth, and you also are speaking the same truth. Therefore, I, who know the Vedic mantras, shall explain transcendental knowledge to you.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Śiva said: Whatever your father has said is the truth, and you also are speaking the same truth. Therefore, I, who know the Vedic mantras, shall explain transcendental knowledge to you.
Śiva spoke. This conversation is famous in the śruti. Vahvṛca-brāhmaṇa says nābhāge diṣtām śaṁsati: he spoke teachings to Nābhaga.