Shloka 27

Upamanyu’s Tapas, Shiva’s Indra-Form Test, and the Bestowal of Kshiroda and Gaṇapatya

Devanagari script

रराज भगवान् सोमः शक्ररूपी सदाशिवः सितातपत्रेण यथा चन्द्रबिंबेन मन्दरः

Transliteration

rarāja bhagavān somaḥ śakrarūpī sadāśivaḥ sitātapatreṇa yathā candrabiṃbena mandaraḥ

Translation

バガヴァーン・ソーマは燦然と輝き、シャクラ（インドラ）の姿を取ったサダーシヴァは、白き王傘を戴くかのように、月輪に照らされたマンダラ山のごとく見えた。

Word by Word

• रराज: shone, blazed forth

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord, Bhagavān

• सोमः: Soma (Moon-deity)

• शक्ररूपी: having the form of Śakra (Indra-formed)

• सदाशिवः: Sadāśiva, the ever-auspicious Lord (Pati)

• सितातपत्रेण: with a white parasol (royal umbrella)

• यथा: just as, like

• चन्द्रबिंबेन: with the moon-disc/orb

• मन्दरः: (Mount) Mandara

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)