Shloka 54

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

Devanagari script

कोटीशतसहस््नं च दशकोटिशतानि च । रुद्रं नित्यं प्रणमते देवदानवसम्मतम्‌

Transliteration

koṭīśata-sahasraṁ ca daśa-koṭi-śatāni ca | rudraṁ nityaṁ praṇamate deva-dānava-sammatam ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “He ever bows in reverence to Rudra—approved and revered alike by gods and Dānavas—in numbers amounting to hundreds of thousands of koṭis, and again to hundreds of tens of koṭis.”

Word by Word

• कोटिशतसहस्रम्: a hundred-thousand crores (a vast number)
• कोटिशतसहस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि-शत-सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• दशकोटिशतानि: ten crores of hundreds (i.e., innumerable hundreds)
• दशकोटिशतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश-कोटि-शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

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

• रुद्रम्: Rudra (Shiva)
• रुद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• प्रणमते: bows (to), pays obeisance
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नम्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• देवदानवसम्मतम्: approved/esteemed by gods and demons
• देवदानवसम्मतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव-दानव-सम्मत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Devas
• Dānavas