Shloka 36
Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds
Devanagari script
एलापत्रमहापद्मधृतराष्ट्रबलाहकाः शङ्खपालमहाशङ्खपुष्पदंष्ट्रशुभाननाः
Transliteration
elāpatramahāpadmadhṛtarāṣṭrabalāhakāḥ śaṅkhapālamahāśaṅkhapuṣpadaṃṣṭraśubhānanāḥ
Translation
Elāpatra, Mahāpadma, Dhṛtarāṣṭra et Balāhaka ; Śaṅkhapāla, Mahāśaṅkha, Puṣpadaṃṣṭra et Śubhānana : tels sont les Nāgas illustres, maintenus dans l’ordonnance cosmique du Seigneur, au service de la création ordonnée qui se tient sous Pati (Śiva).
Word by Word
एलापत्र (Elāpatra)a Nāga named ‘Elāpatra’
एलापत्र (Elāpatra):
महापद्म (Mahāpadma)the great lotus (name of a Nāga)
महापद्म (Mahāpadma):
धृतराष्ट्र (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)‘supporter of the realm’ (name of a Nāga)
धृतराष्ट्र (Dhṛtarāṣṭra):
बलाहक (Balāhaka)cloud-bearer (name of a Nāga)
बलाहक (Balāhaka):
शङ्खपाल (Śaṅkhapāla)protector associated with conch/auspiciousness (name of a Nāga)
शङ्खपाल (Śaṅkhapāla):
महाशङ्ख (Mahāśaṅkha)great conch (name of a Nāga)
महाशङ्ख (Mahāśaṅkha):
पुष्पदंष्ट्र (Puṣpadaṃṣṭra)‘flower-fanged’ (name of a Nāga)
पुष्पदंष्ट्र (Puṣpadaṃṣṭra):
शुभानन (Śubhānana)‘auspicious-faced’ (name of a Nāga)
शुभानन (Śubhānana):
-आः (-āḥ)plural nominative ending indicating ‘these (are)’
-आः (-āḥ):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages at Naimisharanya)