Shloka 7

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament and Kṛṣṇa’s Rudra-Cosmogony Explanation (सौप्तिक पर्व, अध्याय १७)

Devanagari script

प्रसन्नो हि महादेवो दद्यादमरतामपि । वीर्य च गिरिशो दद्याद्‌ येनेन्द्रमपि शातयेत्‌

Transliteration

prasanno hi mahādevo dadyād amaratām api | vīryaṃ ca giriśo dadyād yena indram api śātayet ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “When Mahādeva is pleased, he can grant even immortality. And Giriśa can bestow such might that, by it, one could even strike down Indra.”

Word by Word

• प्रसन्नः: pleased, gracious
• प्रसन्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• महादेवः: Mahadeva (Śiva)
• महादेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दद्यात्: may give, would grant
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Optative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अमरतात्: immortality
• अमरतात्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: even, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• वीर्यम्: valor, strength, potency
• वीर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• गिरिशः: Giriśa (Lord of the mountain, Śiva)
• गिरिशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दद्यात्: may give, would grant
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Optative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• शातयेत्: might strike down, might destroy
• Type: Verb
• Root: शातय् (शत्/शात् caus.)
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Optative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Giriśa (Śiva)
• Indra