Shloka 44

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

Devanagari script

पुरा मात्रा तु कथितं तथ्यमेव न संशयः पूर्वजन्मनि चास्माभिर् अपूजित इति प्रभुः

Transliteration

purā mātrā tu kathitaṃ tathyameva na saṃśayaḥ pūrvajanmani cāsmābhir apūjita iti prabhuḥ

Translation

« Ce que ma mère m’a dit jadis est vrai — sans aucun doute. Dans une vie antérieure, nous n’avons pas adoré le Seigneur (Pati) ; c’est pourquoi cette conséquence est advenue », dit le maître.

Word by Word

• purā: formerly/long ago

• mātrā: by (my) mother

• tu: indeed/but

• kathitam: told/declared

• tathyam eva: certainly true

• na saṃśayaḥ: no doubt

• pūrva-janmani: in a previous birth

• ca: and

• asmābhiḥ: by us

• apūjitaḥ: not worshipped/not honoured

• iti: thus

• prabhuḥ: the Lord/the master (speaker addressing Śiva as Prabhu or speaking as a prabhu).

Speaker

An unnamed character within Sūta’s narration (internal dialogue), reflecting on past-life neglect of Śiva