Shloka 92

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

सितातपत्रं रत्नांशुमिश्रितं परमेष्ठिनः यथोदये शशाङ्कस्य भात्यखण्डं हि मण्डलम्

Transliteration

sitātapatraṃ ratnāṃśumiśritaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ yathodaye śaśāṅkasya bhātyakhaṇḍaṃ hi maṇḍalam

Translation

مظلّةٌ ملكيّةٌ بيضاء، ممتزجةٌ بأشعّة الجواهر، كانت تتلألأ لِـ«براميشثين» (الربّ الأعلى)؛ كما عند طلوع القمر يبدو قرصه كاملًا غير منقوص، مشرقًا لا انقطاع فيه.

Word by Word

• सितातपत्रम्: white parasol/royal canopy

• रत्नांशु-मिश्रितम्: blended with jewel-rays, gem-splendour suffused

• परमेष्ठिनः: of Parameṣṭhin (the Supreme Lord

• यथा: just as

• उदये: at the rising/appearance

• शशाङ्कस्य: of the moon

• भाति: shines, appears resplendent

• अखण्डम्: unbroken, entire

• हि: indeed

• मण्डलम्: disk/orb, circle (luminous sphere).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)