Shloka 50

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

Devanagari script

सम्पूज्य पूज्यं सह देवसंघैर् विनायकं नायकमीश्वराणाम् गणेश्वरैरेव नगेन्द्रधन्वा पुरत्रयं दग्धुमसौ जगाम

Transliteration

sampūjya pūjyaṃ saha devasaṃghair vināyakaṃ nāyakamīśvarāṇām gaṇeśvaraireva nagendradhanvā puratrayaṃ dagdhumasau jagāma

Translation

देवसमूहों सहित पूज्य विनायक—ईश्वरों के नायक—की विधिवत् पूजा करके, गणेश्वरों के साथ नगेन्द्र-धनुषधारी शम्भु त्रिपुर को दग्ध करने हेतु प्रस्थित हुए।

Word by Word

• सम्पूज्य (sampūjya): having fully worshipped

• पूज्यं (pūjyaṃ): the Worshipful One

• सह (saha): together with

• देवसंघैः (deva-saṅghaiḥ): the assemblies/hosts of devas

• विनायकं (vināyakaṃ): Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa), the Remover of obstacles

• नायकम् (nāyakam): leader, commander

• ईश्वराणाम् (īśvarāṇām): of the lords/rulers (of the cosmic functions)

• गणेश्वरैः (gaṇeśvaraiḥ): with the chiefs of the gaṇas

• एव (eva): indeed/alone (emphatic)

• नगेन्द्रधन्वा (nagendra-dhanvā): he whose bow is a mountain (Śiva)

• पुरत्रयं (pura-trayaṃ): the three cities (Tripura)

• दग्धुम् (dagdhum): to burn

• असौ (asau): that Lord (Śiva)

• जगाम (jagāma): went forth, proceeded.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)