अचलशिवलिङ्गप्रतिष्ठा प्रश्नःThe question on installing a fixed Śiva-liṅga
Verse 4
त्वत्तः को वाऽस्ति सर्वज्ञो दयालुः सर्वविद्विभुः । आशुतोषो दीननाथो ममाऽऽनन्दविवर्धनः ॥ ४ ॥
tvattaḥ kō vā’sti sarvajñō dayāluḥ sarvavidvibhuḥ | āśutōṣō dīnanāthō mamā’’nandavivardhanaḥ || 4 ||
Translation
Who is there besides you, all-knowing, compassionate, master of all knowledge, all-pervading, quickly pleased, lord of the humble, the one who makes my joy grow?
Word by word
- tvattaḥ
- besides you
- kō
- (kaḥ) who
- vā
- or
- asti
- is there
- sarvajñō
- (sarvajñaḥ) all-knowing
- dayāluḥ
- compassionate
- sarvavid
- (sarvavit) master of all knowledge
- vibhuḥ
- all-pervading
- āśutōṣō
- (āśutoṣaḥ) quickly pleased
- dīna
- of the humble
- nāthō
- (nāthaḥ) lord
- mama
- my
- ānanda
- (ānanda) joy
- vivardhanaḥ
- who makes grow
Meaning
A string of names that is also an argument. Each is a reason she can bring the question only to him: he knows it, he cares, and he is easily pleased (āśutoṣa, the name by which Śiva is called the one quick to grant). The commentary takes "sarvavit" as the holder of all knowledge.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Sarvavit: the holder of all knowledge.