Shloka 57

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

Devanagari script

सहस्रनेत्रः प्रथमः सुराणां गजेन्द्रमारुह्य च दक्षिणे ऽस्य जगाम रुद्रस्य पुरं निहन्तुं यथोरगांस्तत्र तु वैनतेयः

Transliteration

sahasranetraḥ prathamaḥ surāṇāṃ gajendramāruhya ca dakṣiṇe 'sya jagāma rudrasya puraṃ nihantuṃ yathoragāṃstatra tu vainateyaḥ

Translation

Indra, aux mille yeux, premier des Deva, monta l’éléphant royal et s’avança par le flanc du sud, résolu à abattre la cité de Rudra—comme Garuḍa (Vainateya) fond pour détruire les serpents.

Word by Word

• सहस्रनेत्रः: thousand‑eyed (Indra)

• प्रथमः: foremost, chief

• सुराणाम्: of the gods (Devas)

• गजेन्द्रम्: the lord of elephants (Airāvata/royal elephant)

• आरुह्य: having mounted

• च: and

• दक्षिणे: on the south/right flank

• अस्य: of this (army/host)

• जगाम: went, advanced

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra (Śiva)

• पुरम्: city/fortress

• निहन्तुम्: to slay, to destroy

• यथा: as, just as

• उरगान्: serpents

• तत्र: there/in that manner

• तु: indeed

• वैनतेयः: Vainateya, Garuḍa

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)