Shloka 44

Arjuna’s Himalayan Departure and the Commencement of Severe Tapas

Janamejaya’s Inquiry; Sages Approach Śiva

Devanagari script

तान्‌ प्रसन्नेन मनसा भगवॉल्लोकभावन: । शूलपाणि: प्रत्यगृह्नाच्छिलावर्षमिवाचल:,परंतु त्रिशूलधारी भूतभावन भगवान्‌ भवने हर्षभरे हृदयसे उन सब नाराचोंको उसी प्रकार आत्मसात्‌ कर लिया, जैसे पर्वत पत्थरोंकी वर्षाको

Transliteration

tān prasannena manasā bhagavāṁl lokabhāvanaḥ | śūlapāṇiḥ pratyagṛhṇāc chilāvṛṣṭim ivācalaḥ ||

Translation

With a serene and gracious mind, the Blessed Lord—benefactor of the worlds—Śūlapāṇi (the trident-bearer) received and absorbed those missiles without disturbance, just as a mountain takes in a shower of stones.

Word by Word

• तान्: those (arrows)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रसन्नेन: with calm/pleased
• प्रसन्नेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मनसा: with (his) mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोकभावनः: nourisher/sustainer of the worlds
• लोकभावनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक-भावन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शूलपाणिः: he whose hand holds a trident (Śiva)
• शूलपाणिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल-पाणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रत्यगृह्णात्: accepted/received (took in)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शिलावर्षम्: a shower of rocks/stones
• शिलावर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिला-वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अचलः: a mountain
• अचलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

किरयात उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān (Śiva)
• Śūlapāṇi
• Trident (śūla)
• Missiles/weapons (implied by tān; contextually arrows/nārācas)
• Mountain (acala)