Shloka 45

व्यपोहनस्तवनिरूपण-प्रसङ्गे नक्तभोजन-शिवव्रतविधिः (वार्षिक-प्रतिमास-क्रमः)

Devanagari script

वृषभं नीलवर्णाभम् उरोदेशसमुन्नतम् गां च दत्त्वा यथान्यायम् ऐशानं लोकमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

vṛṣabhaṃ nīlavarṇābham urodeśasamunnatam gāṃ ca dattvā yathānyāyam aiśānaṃ lokamāpnuyāt

Translation

En donnant selon la règle juste un taureau d’un bleu sombre, à la poitrine large et bien relevée—avec une vache—on atteint Aiśāna-loka, le royaume présidé par Īśāna (Śiva), le Pati qui desserre le pāśa du paśu (l’âme).

Word by Word

• वृषभम्: bull

• नीलवर्णाभम्: dark-blue in color/appearance

• उरोदेशसमुन्नतम्: with the chest-region raised and prominent (broad-chested)

• गां: a cow

• च: and

• दत्त्वा: having given

• यथान्यायम्: according to prescribed rule/justice (scriptural propriety)

• ऐशानम्: belonging to Īśāna/Śiva, Aiśāna

• लोकम्: world/realm

• आप्नुयात्: one would attain

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)