Shloka 11

विनायकोत्पत्तिः / ताण्डव-प्रसङ्गः (दारुक-वधः, काली-उत्पत्तिः, क्षेत्रपालोत्पत्तिः)

Devanagari script

एकेनांशेन देवेशं प्रविष्टा देवसत्तमम् न विवेद तदा ब्रह्मा देवाश्चेन्द्रपुरोगमाः

Transliteration

ekenāṃśena deveśaṃ praviṣṭā devasattamam na viveda tadā brahmā devāścendrapurogamāḥ

Translation

নিজ শক্তিৰ কেৱল এক অংশ লৈ দেৱেশত প্ৰৱেশ কৰিও, তেতিয়া ব্ৰহ্মা আৰু ইন্দ্ৰ-পুরোগামী দেৱসকলে সেই দেৱসত্তমক যথাৰ্থ ৰূপে বুজি নাপালে।

Word by Word

• एकेनांशेन: by one portion/fragment (of power)

• देवेशम्: the Lord of the gods

• प्रविष्टाः: having entered/merged into

• देवसत्तमम्: the best of the gods, the Supreme Deva

• न: not

• विवेद: knew, realized, comprehended

• तदा: then

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā

• देवाः च: and the gods

• इन्द्रपुरोगमाः: led by Indra

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages; describing Brahma and the Devas’ experience)