Shloka 101

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

शिव बुर्न्स् त्रिपुर अथ सज्यं धनुः कृत्वा शर्वः संधाय तं शरम् युक्त्वा पाशुपतास्त्रेण त्रिपुरं समचिन्तयत्

Transliteration

Śiva burns Tripura atha sajyaṃ dhanuḥ kṛtvā śarvaḥ saṃdhāya taṃ śaram yuktvā pāśupatāstreṇa tripuraṃ samacintayat

Translation

Alors Śarva (Śiva), ayant bandé son arc et mis la flèche en place, l’investit de l’arme Pāśupata et fixa sa résolution divine sur Tripura—afin que la cité triple fût réduite en cendres par Pati, le Seigneur qui tranche le pāśa (lien) des paśu (âmes liées).

Word by Word

• atha: then

• sajyam: (made) strung/ready

• dhanuḥ: bow

• kṛtvā: having done/made

• śarvaḥ: Śarva (Śiva)

• saṃdhāya: having fitted/placed (on the bow)

• tam: that

• śaram: arrow

• yuktvā: having yoked/charged/empowered

• pāśupata-astreṇa: with the Pāśupata missile/weapon

• tripuram: Tripura (the triple city)

• samacintayat: he contemplated/focused his intent upon

Speaker

Suta Goswami