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Shloka 170

रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti

Devanagari script

इति तेनेन्द्रकल्पेन भगवान्‌ सदसत्पति: । कृत्तिवासा: स्तुतः कृष्ण तण्डिना शुभबुद्धिना

Transliteration

iti tenendrakalpena bhagavān sadasatpatiḥ | kṛttivāsāḥ stutaḥ kṛṣṇa taṇḍinā śubhabuddhinā ||

Translation

So pries, o Kṛṣṇa, der Weise Taṇḍi — von heilsamer Einsicht und strahlend wie Indra — den seligen Herrn Śiva, den Träger der Elefantenhaut, den souveränen Meister von Ursache und Wirkung, von Sein und Nichtsein.

Word by Word

इतिthus

तेनby him/thereby

इन्द्रकल्पेनby the Indra-like (one)

भगवान्the Blessed Lord

सत्being; the existent

असत्non-being; the non-existent

पति:lord; master

सदसत्पति:lord of being and non-being (cause of all)

कृत्तिवासा:the one clad in a hide (Shiva)

स्तुतःpraised

कृष्णO Krishna

तण्डिनाby (the sage) Taṇḍin

शुभबुद्धिनाby the auspicious-minded (one)

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Kṛṣṇa

Taṇḍi (sage)

Śiva (Bhagavān, Kṛttivāsāḥ, Sadasatpatiḥ)

Indra (as a comparison)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Devotion is presented as most fruitful when joined with śubha-buddhi (wholesome discernment): Taṇḍi recognizes Śiva as sadasatpati, the Lord who transcends and governs all categories of existence and non-existence, and therefore offers reverent praise.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva narrates to Kṛṣṇa that the Indra-like, clear-minded sage Taṇḍi offers a hymn of praise to Lord Śiva, described by epithets such as Kṛttivāsāḥ (wearer of the hide) and Sadasatpatiḥ (lord of being and non-being).