Shloka 7

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

Devanagari script

अधिष्ठानं महामेरुर् आश्रयाः केसराचलाः वेगः संवत्सरस्तस्य अयने चक्रसंगमौ

Transliteration

adhiṣṭhānaṃ mahāmerur āśrayāḥ kesarācalāḥ vegaḥ saṃvatsarastasya ayane cakrasaṃgamau

Translation

Mahāmeru en est l’axe fondamental; les montagnes Keśarācala en sont les chaînes de soutien. Sa course mesurée est l’année, et ses deux ayanas sont les points de jonction de la roue céleste.

Word by Word

• अधिष्ठानम्: foundation, axial support

• महामेरुः: the great Mount Meru (cosmic axis)

• आश्रयाः: supports, resting-places

• केसराचलाः: the Keśara mountains (encircling/supporting ranges)

• वेगः: course, movement, measured progression

• संवत्सरः: the year (annual cycle)

• तस्य: of it (of that cosmic course/axis)

• अयने: the two ayanas (northward and southward solar courses)

• चक्रसंगमौ: the two junctions/meetings of the wheel (turning points of the cycle)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)