Shloka 2

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

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच एवं कालीम् उपालभ्य गते देवे त्रियंबके उपमन्युः समभ्यर्च्य तपसा लब्धवान्फलम्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca evaṃ kālīm upālabhya gate deve triyaṃbake upamanyuḥ samabhyarcya tapasā labdhavānphalam

Translation

Sūta sprach: So also, nachdem er Kāḷī getadelt hatte und als der Herr Tryambaka (Śiva) fortgegangen war, verehrte Upamanyu in rechter Weise und erlangte durch seine Askese die Frucht.

Word by Word

• सूत उवाच: Sūta said

• एवम्: thus

• कालीम्: Kālī (the Goddess in her fierce aspect)

• उपालभ्य: having reproached/criticized

• गते: having gone/after departing

• देवे: the Lord (God)

• त्रियंबके: Tryambaka, the three-eyed Śiva

• उपमन्युः: Upamanyu

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped properly

• तपसा: by austerity, tapas

• लब्धवान्: obtained/attained

• फलम्: fruit, result (spiritual merit/siddhi).

Speaker

Suta