Shloka 5

Vighneshvara-Prashna and Deva-Krita Shiva-Stava

Adhyaya 104

Devanagari script

ततो ऽस्माकं सुरश्रेष्ठाः सदा विजयसंभवः तेषां ततस्तु विघ्नार्थम् अविघ्नाय दिवौकसाम्

Transliteration

tato 'smākaṃ suraśreṣṭhāḥ sadā vijayasaṃbhavaḥ teṣāṃ tatastu vighnārtham avighnāya divaukasām

Translation

Alors, ô meilleurs des dieux, la victoire était sans cesse promise à notre camp. Aussi, afin de susciter des obstacles pour eux—tout en assurant l’absence d’entraves aux habitants du ciel—la contre-force divine fut mise en mouvement.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then

• asmākam: for us/our side

• sura-śreṣṭhāḥ: O best among the gods

• sadā: always

• vijaya-saṃbhavaḥ: the arising/inevitability of victory

• teṣām: for them/of them

• tataḥ tu: therefore indeed

• vighna-artham: for the purpose of causing obstacles

• avighnāya: for the absence/removal of obstacles

• diva-okasām: of the heaven-dwellers (Devas)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana; reporting the Deva-side account)