Shloka 50

Kapālamocana-tīrtha (Auśanasa) and Balarāma’s Sarasvatī Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

नान्यं देवादहं मन्ये रुद्रात्‌ू परतरं महत्‌ । सुरासुरस्य जगतो गतिस्त्वमसि शूलधृत्‌,'भगवन! मैं रुद्रदेवके सिवा दूसरे किसी देवताको परम महान्‌ नहीं मानता। आप ही देवताओं तथा असुरोंसहित सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌के आश्रयभूत त्रिशूलधारी महादेव हैं

Transliteration

nānyaṁ devād ahaṁ manye rudrāt parataraṁ mahat | surāsurasya jagato gatis tvam asi śūladhṛt ||

Translation

“O Lord! I know no deity greater than Rudra. O Mahādeva who bears the trident, you are the supreme refuge and final course of the whole world—of gods and asuras alike.”

Word by Word

नnot

अन्यम्another (one)

देवात्than (any) god

अहम्I

मन्येthink / consider

रुद्रात्than Rudra

परतरम्higher / superior

महत्great

सुरासुरस्यof gods and asuras

जगतःof the world

गतिःrefuge / goal / support

त्वम्you

असिare

शूलधृत्O trident-bearer

भगवन्O Lord

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Rudra

Śūladhṛt (Trident-bearer Mahādeva/Śiva)

Devas (Suras)

Asuras

Jagat (the world/universe)

Śūla (trident)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes