Shloka 13

Śiva Grants the Pāśupata Astra (Pāśupata-Śastra Upadeśa) | शिवेन पाशुपतास्त्रदानम्

Devanagari script

उन सब देवताओंने उस महापर्वतके विचित्र एवं तेजस्वी शिखरोंपर पहुँचकर वहाँ तपस्वी अर्जुनको देखा ।। ततो मुहूर्ताद्‌ भगवानैरावतशिरोगत:ः । आजगाम रहेन्द्राण्या शक्र: सुरगणैर्वृत:

Transliteration

Tato muhūrtād bhagavān Airāvata-śiro-gataḥ | ājagāma rājendrāṇyāḥ Śakraḥ sura-gaṇair vṛtaḥ ||

Translation

The devas, having reached the wondrous, radiant peaks of the great mountain, beheld the ascetic Arjuna there. Soon after, Śakra (Indra), the illustrious lord of the gods, arrived—seated upon Airāvata’s back/head and surrounded by hosts of devas.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• मुहूर्तात्: after a short while (from a moment)
• मुहूर्तात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• भगवान्: the blessed/lordly one
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ऐरावत-शिरोगतः: mounted on (seated upon) Airāvata's head
• ऐरावत-शिरोगतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिरोगत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आजगाम: came, arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• रहेन्द्राण्या: with (by) Indrāṇī (Śacī)
• रहेन्द्राण्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रहेन्द्राणी
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुर-गणैः: with groups of gods
• सुर-गणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• वृतः: surrounded, attended
• वृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Śakra (Indra)
• Airāvata
• sura-gaṇa (hosts of devas)
• Arjuna