Shloka 21

Śiva Grants the Pāśupata Astra (Pāśupata-Śastra Upadeśa) | शिवेन पाशुपतास्त्रदानम्

Devanagari script

निवातकवचाश्नैव दानवा: कुरुनन्दन । पितुर्ममांशो देवस्य सर्वलोकप्रतापिन:

Transliteration

nivātakavacāś caiva dānavāḥ kurunandana | pitur mamāṃśo devasya sarvalokapratāpinaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O Wonne der Kurus, auch jene Dānavas, die Nivātakavacas genannt werden—mächtig und wohlgepanzert—waren dort. Sie waren gleichsam ein Anteil meines Vaters, des Gottes, dessen Glanz alle Welten in Ehrfurcht beugt.“

Word by Word

• निवातकवचाः: the Nivātakavacas (a class of demons)
• निवातकवचाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवातकवच
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• दानवाः: the Dānavas (demons)
• दानवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुरुनन्दन: O delight of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पितुः: of (my) father
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मम: my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अंशः: a portion/part
• अंशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवस्य: of the god
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सर्वलोकप्रतापिनः: of (him) who is mighty over all worlds
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वलोकप्रतापिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kurunandana (Kuru prince)
• Nivātakavacas
• Dānavas
• the god (deva) described as sarvalokapratāpin
• the speaker's father (pituḥ)