Shloka 2

Adhyaya 71: पुरत्रयवृत्तान्तः—ब्रह्मवरदानम्, मयकृतत्रिपुर-निर्माणम्, विष्णुमाया-धर्मविघ्नः, शिवस्तुति, त्रिपुरदाहोपक्रमः

Devanagari script

कथं च पशवश्चासन् देवाः सब्रह्मकाः प्रभोः मयस्य तपसा पूर्वं सुदुर्गं निर्मितं पुरम्

Transliteration

kathaṃ ca paśavaścāsan devāḥ sabrahmakāḥ prabhoḥ mayasya tapasā pūrvaṃ sudurgaṃ nirmitaṃ puram

Translation

Bagaimana para dewa beserta Brahma menjadi ‘pashu’—jiwa terikat—di hadapan Sang Prabhu? Dan bagaimana Maya, dengan kekuatan tapasnya, dahulu membangun kota yang amat sukar ditembus itu?

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?

• च: and/indeed

• पशवः: pashus—bound souls under pasha (bondage)

• च: and

• आसन्: were/became

• देवाः: the gods

• सब्रह्मकाः: together with Brahmā

• प्रभोः: of the Lord (Pati, the sovereign)

• मयस्य: of Maya (the architect/demon Maya)

• तपसा: by austerity, ascetic power

• पूर्वम्: formerly/earlier

• सुदुर्गम्: very difficult to conquer, impregnable

• निर्मितम्: built/constructed

• पुरम्: city/fortress.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the sages’ line of questioning within the Linga Purana narrative)