Shloka 170

रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti

Devanagari script

इति तेनेन्द्रकल्पेन भगवान्‌ सदसत्पति: । कृत्तिवासा: स्तुतः कृष्ण तण्डिना शुभबुद्धिना

Transliteration

iti tenendrakalpena bhagavān sadasatpatiḥ | kṛttivāsāḥ stutaḥ kṛṣṇa taṇḍinā śubhabuddhinā ||

Translation

Ainsi, ô Kṛṣṇa, le sage Taṇḍi —doué d’une intelligence de bon augure et rayonnant tel Indra— adressa sa louange au Seigneur Śiva, le Bienheureux, vêtu de la peau d’éléphant, souverain maître de la cause et de l’effet, de l’être et du non-être.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• इन्द्रकल्पेन: by the Indra-like (one)
• इन्द्रकल्पेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्रकल्प
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्: being; the existent
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्
• Form: Neuter, Uninflected (compound member)

• असत्: non-being; the non-existent
• Type: Noun
• Root: असत्
• Form: Neuter, Uninflected (compound member)

• पति: lord; master
• पति: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सदसत्पति: lord of being and non-being (cause of all)
• सदसत्पति: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदसत्पति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृत्तिवासा: the one clad in a hide (Shiva)
• कृत्तिवासा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्तिवासस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्तुतः: praised
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तुत
• Form: Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्ण: O Krishna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तण्डिना: by (the sage) Taṇḍin
• तण्डिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शुभबुद्धिना: by the auspicious-minded (one)
• शुभबुद्धिना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभबुद्धि
• Form: Masculine/Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Kṛṣṇa
• Taṇḍi (sage)
• Śiva (Bhagavān, Kṛttivāsāḥ, Sadasatpatiḥ)
• Indra (as a comparison)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Devotion is presented as most fruitful when joined with śubha-buddhi (wholesome discernment): Taṇḍi recognizes Śiva as sadasatpati, the Lord who transcends and governs all categories of existence and non-existence, and therefore offers reverent praise.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva narrates to Kṛṣṇa that the Indra-like, clear-minded sage Taṇḍi offers a hymn of praise to Lord Śiva, described by epithets such as Kṛttivāsāḥ (wearer of the hide) and Sadasatpatiḥ (lord of being and non-being).