Shloka 8

शरभप्रादुर्भावो नाम षण्णवतितमोऽध्यायः (जलन्धरविमर्दनम्)

Devanagari script

तं जित्वा सर्वमीशानं गणपैर् नन्दिना क्षणात् अहमेव भवत्वं च ब्रह्मत्वं वैष्णवं तथा

Transliteration

taṃ jitvā sarvamīśānaṃ gaṇapair nandinā kṣaṇāt ahameva bhavatvaṃ ca brahmatvaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ tathā

Translation

ナンディンに率いられたガナたちによって、遍満するイーシャーナを刹那に征し、彼は宣言した。「この我ひとりがバヴァ（シヴァ）の位となり、同じくブラフマーとヴィシュヌの位をも得るであろう。」

Word by Word

• तम् (tam): him/that one

• जित्वा (jitvā): having conquered

• सर्वम् (sarvam): all, the all-pervading

• ईशानम् (īśānam): Īśāna, the Lordly aspect of Śiva

• गणपैः (gaṇapaiḥ): by the Gaṇas (Śiva’s hosts)

• नन्दिना (nandinā): by/through Nandin

• क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt): in an instant

• अहम् (aham): I

• एव (eva): alone/indeed

• भवत्वम् (bhavatvam): the state/status of Bhava (Śiva)

• च (ca): and

• ब्रह्मत्वम् (brahmatvam): the state/status of Brahmā

• वैष्णवम् (vaiṣṇavam): the state/status of Viṣṇu

• तथा (tathā): likewise/so too

Speaker

Sūta (narrating the episode to the sages; the quoted declaration is by the immediate actor within the narrative)