Upamanyu’s Tapas, Shiva’s Indra-Form Test, and the Bestowal of Kshiroda and Gaṇapatya
एवमुक्तस्तदा तेन शक्रेण मुनिसत्तमः वरयामि शिवे भक्तिम् इत्युवाच कृताञ्जलिः
evamuktastadā tena śakreṇa munisattamaḥ varayāmi śive bhaktim ityuvāca kṛtāñjaliḥ
このように釈迦羅(インドラ)に告げられると、最勝の聖仙は合掌して答えた。「我はシヴァへのバクティ(信愛)を選ぶ。」
Muni-sattama (the foremost sage, speaking to Indra/Śakra)