Shloka 118

Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्मिन्‌ प्रनृत्ते तु स्थावरं जंगमं च यत्‌ | प्रनृत्तमुभयं वीर तेजसा तस्य मोहितम्‌,वीर! उनके नृत्य करते समय उनके तेजसे मोहित हो सारा चराचर जगत्‌ नृत्य करने लगा

Transliteration

tatastasmīn pranṛtte tu sthāvaraṁ jaṅgamaṁ ca yat | pranṛttam ubhayaṁ vīra tejasā tasya mohitam ||

Translation

Then, as he began to dance, everything in the world—both the unmoving and the moving—was stirred into motion. O hero, bewildered by the radiance of his power, the whole of creation seemed to join in that dance, as though compelled by the force of his presence.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तस्मिन्in/at that (time/place)

प्रनृत्तेwhen (he) had begun to dance / while dancing

तुbut, indeed

स्थावरम्the immovable (world/beings)

जङ्गमम्the movable (world/beings)

चand

यत्whatever (there was)

प्रनृत्तम्danced / set into dancing

उभयम्both (together)

वीरO hero

तेजसाby (his) splendor/energy

तस्यof him

मोहितम्bewildered, deluded

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

घ

घुलस्त्य (speaker)

स

स्थावर (immovable creation)

ज

जंगम (movable creation)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes