Shloka 38

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

रक्षोगणं क्रोधवशा महामायं व्यजीजनत् रुद्राणां च गणं तद्वद् गोमहिष्यौ वराङ्गना

Transliteration

rakṣogaṇaṃ krodhavaśā mahāmāyaṃ vyajījanat rudrāṇāṃ ca gaṇaṃ tadvad gomahiṣyau varāṅganā

Translation

憤怒に圧されて、肢体うるわしきマハーマーヤーは羅刹の群を生み出した。さらに同じくして、ルドラの群をも生み出した—その勝れた女神は、牝牛と牝水牛の姿として現れたのである。

Word by Word

• रक्षोगणम्: host of Rākṣasas (demonic beings)

• क्रोधवशा: brought under the sway of anger

• महामायाम्: Mahāmāyā (the great divine power/Śakti)

• व्यजीजनत्: she generated/produced

• रुद्राणाम्: of the Rudras (Rudra-aspects)

• च: and

• गणम्: host, troop

• तद्वत्: likewise, in the same way

• गोमहिष्यौ: as cow and she-buffalo (forms/symbols of generative power)

• वराङ्गना: the excellent/fair-limbed lady (the goddess).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the creation sequence to the sages of Naimisharanya)