Shloka 50

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

Devanagari script

स्वरूपमेव भगवान् आस्थाय परमेश्वरः दर्शयामास विप्राय बालेन्दुकृतशेखरम्

Transliteration

svarūpameva bhagavān āsthāya parameśvaraḥ darśayāmāsa viprāya bālendukṛtaśekharam

Translation

Revêtant Sa forme essentielle, le Seigneur Suprême Bienheureux se manifesta au brahmane : Mahādeva, dont le faîte est orné du croissant de lune nouvellement levé.

Word by Word

• स्वरूपम्: own true form/essential nature

• एव: indeed/alone

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord (Pati)

• आस्थाय: having assumed/taken refuge in

• परमेश्वरः: the Supreme Lord

• दर्शयामास: caused to be seen/revealed

• विप्राय: to the Brahmin

• बालेन्दु-कृत-शेखरम्: whose head-ornament (śekhara) is made by the young crescent moon

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya, recounting the episode)