Shloka 216

Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)

Devanagari script

अप्रधृष्यतरं चैव महोरगसमाकुलम्‌ । भगवान्‌ भूतनाथका वह भयानक स्थान बड़ी शोभा पा रहा था। वह अत्यन्त दुर्धर्ष और बड़े-बड़े सर्पोंसे भरा हुआ था

Transliteration

apradhṛṣyataraṃ caiva mahoragasamākulam | bhagavān bhūtanāthakaḥ sa vah bhayānaka-sthānaḥ baḍī śobhā pā rahā thā | sa atyanta durdharṣa aur baṛe-baṛe sarpoṃ se bharā huā thā |

Translation

Narada said: “That place appeared exceedingly formidable and awe-inspiring, radiant in its own dreadful grandeur. It was almost impossible to assail, and it teemed with great serpents—an ominous setting that warns of the peril that follows when one enters fearsome domains without due reverence and restraint.”

Word by Word

• अप्रधृष्यतरम्: more invincible, harder to assail
• अप्रधृष्यतरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रधृष्यतर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• महोरगसमाकुलम्: filled with great serpents
• महोरगसमाकुलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महोरग-समाकुल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Bhūtanātha (epithet)
• mahoraga (great serpents)
• bhayānaka-sthāna (a terrifying place)