Shloka 24

Adhyaya 71: पुरत्रयवृत्तान्तः—ब्रह्मवरदानम्, मयकृतत्रिपुर-निर्माणम्, विष्णुमाया-धर्मविघ्नः, शिवस्तुति, त्रिपुरदाहोपक्रमः

Devanagari script

पुरत्रये तदा जाते सर्वे दैत्या जगत्त्रये पुरत्रयं प्रविश्यैव बभूवुस्ते बलाधिकाः

Transliteration

puratraye tadā jāte sarve daityā jagattraye puratrayaṃ praviśyaiva babhūvuste balādhikāḥ

Translation

三都（トリプラ）がこのように成ったとき、三界に遍くすべてのダイティヤはその三重の城塞へと入り、そこに帰依し身を寄せることで、いよいよ強大となった。

Word by Word

• पुरत्रये (puratraye): in the three cities/Tripura

• तदा (tadā): then

• जाते (jāte): having arisen/come into being

• सर्वे (sarve): all

• दैत्या (daityāḥ): the Daityas (asuric beings)

• जगत्त्रये (jagat-traye): in the three worlds

• पुरत्रयं (puratrayam): the three cities

• प्रविश्य (praviśya): having entered

• एव (eva): indeed

• बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ): became

• ते (te): they

• बलाधिकाः (balādhikāḥ): possessing greater strength/exceedingly mighty

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Tripura episode to the sages of Naimisharanya)