Shloka 97

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

Devanagari script

मन्वाम नूनं भगवान्पिनाकी लीलार्थमेतत्सकलं प्रवर्त्तुम् व्यवस्थितश्चेति तथान्यथा चेद् आडम्बरेणास्य फलं किमन्यत्

Transliteration

manvāma nūnaṃ bhagavānpinākī līlārthametatsakalaṃ pravarttum vyavasthitaśceti tathānyathā ced āḍambareṇāsya phalaṃ kimanyat

Translation

Kami memahami dengan pasti bahwa Bhagavān Pinākin menggerakkan semuanya ini demi līlā ilahi. Sebab jika tidak demikian—jika keadaannya lain—apa hasil lain yang mungkin lahir dari sekadar pertunjukan lahiriah ini?

Word by Word

• मन्वाम (manvāma): we think / we understand

• नूनम् (nūnam): surely, indeed

• भगवान् (bhagavān): the Blessed Lord

• पिनाकी (pinākī): the bearer of the bow Pināka (Shiva)

• लीलार्थम् (līlārtham): for the purpose of divine play

• एतत् (etat): this

• सकलम् (sakalam): all, the entire (manifest process)

• प्रवर्त्तुम् (pravarttum): to set in motion, to cause to proceed

• व्यवस्थितः (vyavasthitaḥ): resolved, established, firmly intent

• च (ca): and

• इति (iti): thus

• तथा (tathā): so, in that way

• अन्यथा (anyathā): otherwise

• चेत् (cet): if

• आडम्बरेण (āḍambareṇa): by pomp, show, outward display

• अस्य (asya): of this

• फलम् (phalam): fruit, result

• किम् (kim): what?

• अन्यत् (anyat): other, else

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana; reflecting the conclusion of the interlocutors within the episode)