Shloka 29

देवदारुवनौकसां प्रति ब्रह्मोपदेशः—लिङ्गलक्षण-प्रतिष्ठा-विधिः, शिवमायारूपदर्शनं, स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

उल्मुकव्यग्रहस्तश् च रक्तपिङ्गललोचनः क्वचिच्च हसते रौद्रं क्वचिद्गायति विस्मितः

Transliteration

ulmukavyagrahastaś ca raktapiṅgalalocanaḥ kvacicca hasate raudraṃ kvacidgāyati vismitaḥ

Translation

Tenant dans sa main agitée un tison flamboyant, les yeux rouge-brun aux reflets fauves, tantôt il rit d’un rire farouche, au rugissement de Rudra; tantôt—merveille étrange—il éclate en un chant sacré.

Word by Word

• ulmuka: firebrand, burning brand

• vyagra-hastaḥ: having a restless/agitated hand (or hurried grasp)

• ca: and

• rakta-piṅgala-locanaḥ: one whose eyes are red and tawny

• kvacit: sometimes

• ca: and

• hasate: laughs

• raudram: fiercely, in a terrible Rudra-like manner

• kvacit: sometimes

• gāyati: sings

• vismitaḥ: astonished, wondrous/strange in demeanor

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)