Shloka 33

Varaha-Pradurbhava Context: Prahlada’s Bhakti, Narasimha’s Ugra-Form, and Shiva’s Sharabha Intervention

Devanagari script

आत्मत्राणाय शरणं जग्मुः परमकारणम् मन्दरस्थं महादेवं क्रीडमानं सहोमया

Transliteration

ātmatrāṇāya śaraṇaṃ jagmuḥ paramakāraṇam mandarasthaṃ mahādevaṃ krīḍamānaṃ sahomayā

Translation

Buscando la salvaguarda de sí mismos, acudieron en refugio a la Causa suprema: Mahādeva, que moraba en Mandara, y allí se recreaba junto con Umā.

Word by Word

• आत्मत्राणाय: for self-protection/for the saving of their own being

• शरणम्: as refuge

• जग्मुः: they went/approached

• परमकारणम्: the Supreme Cause (Pati beyond all causes)

• मन्दरस्थम्: stationed on Mount Mandara

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (Lord Śiva)

• क्रीडमानम्: sporting/engaged in divine play

• सहोमया: together with Umā (Śakti/Parāśakti)

Speaker

Suta Goswami