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Shloka 9

Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)

(पुरा युगान्तरे यत्नादमृतार्थ सुरासुरै: । बलवद्धिविमथितश्चिरकालं महोदधि: ।।

purā yugāntare yatnād amṛtārthaṁ surāsuraiḥ | balavaddhi vimathitaś cirakālaṁ mahodadhiḥ ||

マハーデーヴァは言った。「遠い昔の一劫に、神々とアスラは不死の甘露アムリタを得んとして大いなる力を尽くし、久しく大海を攪拌した。マンダラ山を攪拌の軸とし、ナーガ王ヴァースキを綱として海をかき回すと、あらゆる世界を滅ぼし得る恐るべき毒が湧き出た。それを見て神々は皆、意気消沈した。おお女神よ、三界のために、その毒を我が身で飲み干したのだ。そのゆえ我が喉には孔雀の羽のごとき青き印が現れ、以来『ニーラカンター(青喉)』と呼ばれる。これらはすべて語り終えた—なお何を聞きたいのか。」

वाहनेषुamong vehicles
वाहनेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवाहन
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
सर्वेषुin all
सर्वेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
श्रीमत्सुsplendid, illustrious
श्रीमत्सु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रीमत्
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
अन्येषुother
अन्येषु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
सत्तमO best of the good (best man)
सत्तम:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसत्तम
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
कथम्how?
कथम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम्
and
:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वृषभःthe bull
वृषभः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
देवO god
देव:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
वाहनत्वम्the status of being a vehicle
वाहनत्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाहनत्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उपागतःhas attained, has come to
उपागतः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउप-गम्
Formक्त (past passive participle used actively), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

M
Mahādeva (Śrī Maheśvara/Śiva)
S
Suras (Devas)
A
Asuras
A
Amṛta
M
Mahodadhi (the great ocean)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames a moral pattern: great attainments (amṛta) require sustained effort and may demand cooperation even between opponents; yet the pursuit of a lofty goal can first release dangers, implying the need for guardianship and self-sacrifice to protect the common good.

Mahādeva begins recounting the ancient episode of the churning of the ocean: devas and asuras jointly churn the great ocean for a long time to obtain amṛta, setting up the later emergence of poison and Śiva’s protective act.