Shloka 19

Upamanyu’s Tapas, Shiva’s Indra-Form Test, and the Bestowal of Kshiroda and Gaṇapatya

Devanagari script

तमाह माता सुशुभं कुर्विति सुतरां सुतम् अनुज्ञातस्तया तत्र तपस्तेपे सुदुस्तरम्

Transliteration

tamāha mātā suśubhaṃ kurviti sutarāṃ sutam anujñātastayā tatra tapastepe sudustaram

Translation

तब माता ने पुत्र से कहा, “जो परम शुभ है वही करो।” उसकी अनुमति पाकर उसने वहीं अत्यन्त दुस्तर तप किया।

Word by Word

• तम् (tam): to him

• आह (āha): said

• माता (mātā): the mother

• सुशुभम् (suśubham): the most auspicious, highly благотворное

• कुर्व (kurva): do (imperative)

• इति (iti): thus

• सुतराम् (sutarām): exceedingly, very much

• सुतम् (sutam): the son

• अनुज्ञातः (anujñātaḥ): permitted, granted consent

• तया (tayā): by her

• तत्र (tatra): there

• तपः (tapaḥ): austerity, disciplined spiritual practice

• तेपे (tepe): he performed, he undertook

• सुदुस्तरम् (sudustaram): extremely difficult, hard to cross/endure

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)