Shloka 12

Aśvatthāmā’s Stuti of Rudra and Śiva’s Empowerment (सौप्तिकपर्व, अध्याय ७)

Devanagari script

इमां चेदापदं घोरां तराम्यद्य सुदुष्कराम्‌ । सर्वभूतोपहारेण यक्ष्येडहं शुचिना शुचिम्‌,यदि मैं आज इस अत्यन्त दुष्कर और भयंकर विपत्तिसे पार पा जाऊँ तो मैं सर्वभूतमय पवित्र उपहार समर्पित करके आप परम पावन परमेश्वरकी पूजा करूँगा

Transliteration

imāṁ ced āpadaṁ ghorāṁ tarāmy adya suduṣkarām | sarvabhūtopahāreṇa yakṣye 'haṁ śucinā śucim ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “If today I can cross beyond this dreadful calamity—so exceedingly hard to overcome—then, with a pure heart, I shall worship the Most Pure Lord, offering a sanctified gift that embraces all beings.”

Word by Word

• {'imām': 'this (feminine accusative singular)', 'cet': 'if', 'āpadaṁ': 'calamity, crisis, misfortune', 'ghorām': 'terrible, dreadful', 'tarāmi': 'I cross over, I overcome', 'adya': 'today, now', 'suduṣkarām': 'very difficult to accomplish/overcome', 'sarvabhūta': 'all beings, all creatures', 'upahāreṇa': 'by/with an offering, gift, oblation', 'yakṣye': 'I shall worship/sacrifice (future of √yaj)', 'aham': 'I', 'śucinā': 'with purity

• by one who is pure (instrumental)', 'śucim': 'the Pure One

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• śuci (the Pure One; the supremely pure Lord)
• sarvabhūta (all beings)