Shloka 47

Upamanyu’s Tapas, Shiva’s Indra-Form Test, and the Bestowal of Kshiroda and Gaṇapatya

Devanagari script

दग्धुं स्वदेहम् आग्नेयीं ध्यात्वा वै धारणां तदा अतिष्ठच्च महातेजाः शुष्केन्धनमिवाव्ययः

Transliteration

dagdhuṃ svadeham āgneyīṃ dhyātvā vai dhāraṇāṃ tadā atiṣṭhacca mahātejāḥ śuṣkendhanamivāvyayaḥ

Translation

তাৰ পাছত নিজৰ দেহ দগ্ধ কৰা আগ্নেয়ী ধাৰণা ধ্যান কৰি, মহাতেজস্বী অব্যয় হৈ শুকান ইন্ধনৰ দৰে জ্বলন্ত-সদৃশ থিয় হৈ ৰ’ল।

Word by Word

• दग्धुम्: to burn

• स्वदेहम्: one’s own body

• आग्नेयीम्: the fiery (Agni-related)

• ध्यात्वा: having meditated upon

• वै: indeed

• धारणाम्: dhāraṇā, concentrated fixation (yogic retention)

• तदा: then

• अतिष्ठत् च: and stood/abided

• महातेजाः: of great splendor/energy

• शुष्केन्धनम्: dry fuel/firewood

• इव: like

• अव्ययः: undecaying, unexhausted, imperishable

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)