Shloka 34

शरभप्रादुर्भावो नाम षण्णवतितमोऽध्यायः (जलन्धरविमर्दनम्)

Devanagari script

किं कार्यं मम युधि देवदैत्यसंघैर् हन्तुं यत्सकलमिदं क्षणात्समर्थः यत्तस्माद्भयमिहनास्ति योद्धुम् ईश वाञ्छैषा विपुलतरा न संशयो ऽत्र

Transliteration

kiṃ kāryaṃ mama yudhi devadaityasaṃghair hantuṃ yatsakalamidaṃ kṣaṇātsamarthaḥ yattasmādbhayamihanāsti yoddhum īśa vāñchaiṣā vipulatarā na saṃśayo 'tra

Translation

「戦場において、デーヴァとダイティヤの群れに討たれる必要がどこにある。私はこの全軍を刹那に滅ぼし得るのだ。ゆえにここに戦いの恐れはない、主よ。わが渇望はきわめて大きい—そのことに疑いはない。」

Word by Word

• किम्: what?

• कार्यम्: purpose/need

• मम: for me/my

• युधि: in battle

• देव-दैत्य-संघैः: by the assemblages of Devas and Daityas

• हन्तुम्: to kill/slay

• यत्: since/because

• सकलम् इदम्: this entire (host/world/array)

• क्षणात्: in a moment

• समर्थः: capable/powerful

• तत्-स्मात्: therefore

• भयम्: fear

• इह: here

• न अस्ति: is not

• योद्धुम्: to fight

• ईश: O Lord (Īśa)

• वाञ्छा: desire/longing

• एषा: this

• विपुलतरा: very great/abundant

• न संशयः: no doubt

• अत्र: here/in this.

Speaker

A Daitya/Asura addressing Lord Shiva (Īśa) within Suta’s narration