स आह देवं गिरिशमुपाधावाशु सिद्ध्यसि । योऽल्पाभ्यां गुणदोषाभ्यामाशु तुष्यति कुप्यति ॥ १५ ॥
sa āha devaṁ giriśam upādhāvāśu siddhyasi yo ’lpābhyāṁ guṇa-doṣābhyām āśu tuṣyati kupyati
- saḥ
- he (Nārada)
- āha
- said
- devam
- the lord
- giriśam
- Śiva
- upādhāva
- you should worship
- āśu
- quickly
- siddhyasi
- you will become successful
- yaḥ
- who
- alpābhyām
- slight
- guṇa
- by good qualities
- doṣābhyām
- and faults
- āśu
- quickly
- tuṣyati
- is satisfied
- kupyati
- is angered
Nārada told him: Worship Lord Śiva and you will soon achieve success. He quickly becomes pleased by seeing his worshiper’s slightest good qualities — and quickly angered by seeing his slightest fault.