Shloka 14

Upamanyu’s Tapas, Shiva’s Indra-Form Test, and the Bestowal of Kshiroda and Gaṇapatya

Devanagari script

भवप्रसादजं सर्वं नान्यदेवप्रसादजम् अन्यदेवेषु निरता दुःखार्ता विभ्रमन्ति च

Transliteration

bhavaprasādajaṃ sarvaṃ nānyadevaprasādajam anyadeveṣu niratā duḥkhārtā vibhramanti ca

Translation

Toute réalisation naît de la grâce de Bhava (Śiva), non de la faveur d’autres dieux. Ceux qui s’attachent à d’autres divinités, accablés de souffrance, errent encore dans l’illusion.

Word by Word

• bhava: Bhava, Śiva

• prasāda-jam: born of grace, arising from favor

• sarvam: all (results/attainments)

• na: not

• anya-deva: other deities

• prasāda-jam: born of (their) grace

• anya-deveṣu: among/with regard to other gods

• niratāḥ: absorbed, devoted

• duḥkha-ārtāḥ: distressed by suffering

• vibhramanti: wander, err, are deluded

• ca: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching as received within the Linga Purana tradition)