Shloka 23

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

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा देवं प्रणम्यैवं प्रोवाचेदं कृताञ्जलिः भगवन् ब्राह्मणः कश्चिद् उपमन्युरितिश्रुतः

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā devaṃ praṇamyaivaṃ provācedaṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ bhagavan brāhmaṇaḥ kaścid upamanyuritiśrutaḥ

Translation

Ayant contemplé le Deva, il se prosterna et, les mains jointes en vénération, dit : «Ô Bhagavān, il est un brāhmaṇa nommé Upamanyu, renommé selon la tradition.»

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen

• देवं: the Deva (the Lord)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed/prostrated

• एवम्: thus

• प्रोवाच: spoke

• इदम्: this

• कृताञ्जलिः: with hands folded (in añjali)

• भगवन्: O Blessed Lord

• ब्राह्मणः: a brāhmaṇa

• कश्चित्: a certain

• उपमन्युः: Upamanyu (name)

• इति: thus

• श्रुतः: heard of/renowned (as per tradition)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal dialogue: an unnamed devotee/approacher addressing the Deva, i.e., Shiva)