Shloka 16

ऋषिकृत-रुद्रस्तुतिः तथा संहाराग्नि-प्रश्नः

Kāma–Krodha–Lobha and the Fire of Dissolution

Devanagari script

अन्तं गन्तुं न शक्ताः स्म देवदेव नमो ऽस्तु ते

Transliteration

antaṃ gantuṃ na śaktāḥ sma devadeva namo 'stu te

Translation

ഹേ ദേവദേവാ! നിന്റെ അന്തം എത്തുവാൻ ഞങ്ങൾക്കു കഴിവില്ല. നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം.

Word by Word

• अन्तम्: the end, limit

• गन्तुम्: to reach, to go unto

• न: not

• शक्ताः: able, capable

• स्म: indeed/we were (emphatic particle)

• देवदेव: O Deva of devas, God of gods

• नमो अस्तु ते (नमो ऽस्तु ते): may there be salutation to You

Speaker

The Devas (within Suta’s narration to the sages at Naimisharanya)