Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

आरुरोह रथं दिव्यं रणमण्डनधृग् भवः सर्वदेवगणैर्युक्तं कम्पयन्निव रोदसी

Transliteration

āruroha rathaṃ divyaṃ raṇamaṇḍanadhṛg bhavaḥ sarvadevagaṇairyuktaṃ kampayanniva rodasī

Translation

Bhava (Herr Śiva), geschmückt mit den Zierden der Schlacht, bestieg den göttlichen Wagen—vereint mit den Scharen aller Devas—sodass es schien, als ließe er die beiden Welten, Himmel und Erde, erbeben.

Word by Word

• आरुरोह: mounted/ascended

• रथं: chariot

• दिव्यं: divine, celestial

• रण: battle

• मण्डन-धृक्: wearing ornaments/adornments

• भवः: Bhava, Śiva as the Lord (Pati)

• सर्व-देव-गणैः: with all the groups/hosts of Devas

• युक्तं: yoked, joined, accompanied

• कम्पयन्-इव: as if shaking/making tremble

• रोदसी: the two worlds, heaven and earth (dyāvā-pṛthivī)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)