Shloka 9

Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)

Devanagari script

मृदज़पणवोदघुष्ट शड्खभेरीनिनादितम्‌ | नृत्यद्धिर्भूतसंघैश्व बहिणैश्न समनतत:

Transliteration

mṛdaṅga-paṇavodghuṣṭa-śaṅkha-bherī-nināditam | nṛtyadbhir bhūta-saṅghaiś ca barhiṇaiś ca samanvitam ||

Translation

Nārada sprach: „Jene göttliche Versammlung dröhnte vom Schlag der mṛdaṅgas und paṇavas, und von allen Seiten erfüllten sie der Ruf der Muschelhörner und das Brausen der großen Trommeln. Zudem schmückten sie Scharen tanzender Bhūtas und Pfauen.“

Word by Word

• मृदङ्गपणवोद्घुष्टम्: resounding with mṛdaṅga and paṇava (drums)
• मृदङ्गपणवोद्घुष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृदङ्ग-पणव-उद्घुष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• शङ्खभेरीनिनादितम्: filled with the sound of conches and kettledrums
• शङ्खभेरीनिनादितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शङ्ख-भेरी-निनादित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• नृत्यद्भिः: by/with (those) dancing
• नृत्यद्भिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• भूतसङ्घैः: by/with groups of spirits
• भूतसङ्घैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतसङ्घ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बहुभिः: by/with many
• बहुभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• मयूरैः: by/with peacocks
• मयूरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मयूर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides, all around
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• mṛdaṅga
• paṇava
• śaṅkha
• bherī
• bhūta-saṅgha
• barhiṇa (peacocks)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how devotion and divine sovereignty integrate all kinds of beings and energies into a harmonious order: even the fierce bhūtas become celebrants in a sacred setting, suggesting that sanctity is not limited to the gentle or socially ‘pure’ but can encompass the whole cosmos under dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing the splendor of Mahādeva’s assembly: it is filled with continuous music—drums, conches, and bherīs—while hosts of bhūtas dance and peacocks add to the beauty, creating a vivid ceremonial atmosphere around Śiva.