सर्व्वेषां हितकर्त्तारं देवदेवं निरामयम् । प्रसन्नवदनं वीक्ष्य लोकानां हितकाम्यया । विनयावनता देवी पार्वती शिवमब्रवीत् ॥ १० ॥
sarvvēṣāṁ hitakarttāraṁ dēvadēvaṁ nirāmayam | prasannavadanaṁ vīkṣya lōkānāṁ hitakāmyayā | vinayāvanatā dēvī pārvatī śivamabravīt || 10 ||
Translation
the benefactor of all, god of gods, free from all ill, with a gracious face: seeing him, the Goddess Pārvatī bowed low in humility and, wishing the good of the worlds, spoke to Śiva.
Word by word
- sarvvēṣāṁ
- of all
- hitakarttāraṁ
- the one who does good
- dēvadēvaṁ
- god of gods
- nirāmayam
- free from disease and ill
- prasannavadanaṁ
- with a gracious, smiling face
- vīkṣya
- seeing
- lōkānāṁ
- of the worlds, of people
- hitakāmyayā
- out of the wish for their welfare
- vinayāvanatā
- bowed in humility
- dēvī
- the Goddess
- pārvatī
- Pārvatī
- śivamabravīt
- said to Śiva
Meaning
Here the long sentence closes. Pārvatī speaks not for herself but "out of the wish for the welfare of the worlds", which frames the whole Tantra as an answer given for the sake of all beings.
