Shloka 147

Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ

Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony

Devanagari script

छागशार्दूलरूपश्न अनेकमृगरूपधृक्‌ । अण्डजानां च दिव्यानां वपुर्धारयते भव:

Transliteration

chāgaśārdūlarūpaś ca anekamṛgarūpadhṛk | aṇḍajānāṃ ca divyānāṃ vapur dhārayate bhavaḥ ||

Translation

Vāsudeva berkata: “Bhava (Śiva) pun menampakkan diri sebagai kambing dan sebagai harimau; ia mengambil rupa beragam satwa liar, dan bahkan wujud burung-burung surgawi.”

Word by Word

• छागशार्दूलरूपश्नः: one who eats (assumes/feeds on) the forms of goat and tiger
• छागशार्दूलरूपश्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छाग-शार्दूल-रूप-श्न (श्न = श्निन् प्रत्ययान्त, 'भक्षयिता/आहारकर्ता')
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनेकमृगरूपधृक्: bearer of many forms of wild animals
• अनेकमृगरूपधृक्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक-मृग-रूप-धृक् (धृक् < धृ धातु, 'धारयति')
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अण्डजानाम्: of egg-born beings (birds etc.)
• अण्डजानाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अण्डज
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दिव्यानाम्: of divine (celestial)
• दिव्यानाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वपुः: body, form
• वपुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धारयते: bears, assumes
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धारणे)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada

• भवः: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (शिवनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Bhava (Śiva)
• goat
• tiger
• wild animals (mṛga)
• divine birds (aṇḍaja)