Shloka 70

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

Devanagari script

दुर्गारूढमृगाधिपा दुरतिगा दोर्दण्डवृन्दैः शिवा बिभ्राणाङ्कुशशूलपाशपरशुं चक्रासिशङ्खायुधम् प्रौढादित्यसहस्रसदृशैर्नेत्रैर्दहन्ती पथं बालाबालपराक्रमा भगवती दैत्यान्प्रहर्तुं ययौ

Transliteration

durgārūḍhamṛgādhipā duratigā dordaṇḍavṛndaiḥ śivā bibhrāṇāṅkuśaśūlapāśaparaśuṃ cakrāsiśaṅkhāyudham prauḍhādityasahasrasadṛśairnetrairdahantī pathaṃ bālābālaparākramā bhagavatī daityānprahartuṃ yayau

Translation

Assise sur le lion de Durgā, l’auspicieuse Śivā—invincible, aux innombrables bras puissants—portait l’aiguillon, le trident, le lacet, la hache, le disque, l’épée et la conque pour armes. Ses yeux, flamboyants comme mille soleils à leur zénith, brûlaient le chemin devant elle ; la Bienheureuse Déesse, dont la vaillance dépasse toute mesure, s’élança pour frapper les Daityas.

Word by Word

• दुर्गारूढ: mounted as Durgā

• मृगाधिपा: lion (lord of beasts)

• दुरतिगा: difficult to surpass/assail

• दोर्दण्डवृन्दैः: with clusters of powerful arms

• शिवा: the auspicious Goddess (Śivā/Devī)

• बिभ्राणा: bearing/holding

• अङ्कुश: goad

• शूल: spear/trident-spear

• पाश: noose (bond-binding weapon)

• परशु: axe

• चक्र: discus

• असि: sword

• शङ्खायुधम्: conch as a weapon/armed with conch

• प्रौढ: fully grown, blazing

• आदित्यसहस्रसदृशैः: like a thousand suns

• नेत्रैः: with eyes

• दहन्ती: burning/scorching

• पथम्: the path/way

• बालाबालपराक्रमा: of immeasurable valor (beyond the strong and the weak)

• भगवती: the Blessed Goddess

• दैत्यान्: the Daityas (asuric foes)

• प्रहर्तुम्: to strike down

• ययौ: went forth.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)