Shloka 47

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

गणैश्वर्यमनुप्राप्तो भवभक्तः प्रतापवान् कथं चैवाश्वमेधं वै करोमीति विचिन्तयन्

Transliteration

gaṇaiśvaryamanuprāpto bhavabhaktaḥ pratāpavān kathaṃ caivāśvamedhaṃ vai karomīti vicintayan

Translation

ശിവഗണങ്ങളിൽ അധിപത്യം നേടിയ ആ പ്രതാപശാലിയായ ഭവഭക്തൻ—“ഞാൻ സത്യത്തിൽ അശ്വമേധയാഗം എങ്ങനെ നടത്തും?” എന്നു ചിന്തിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• गणैश्वर्यम्: lordship/sovereignty among the gaṇas

• अनुप्राप्तः: having attained/obtained

• भव-भक्तः: devotee of Bhava (Shiva)

• प्रतापवान्: radiant with prowess/valor

• कथम्: how

• च एव: and indeed

• अश्वमेधम्: the Aśvamedha (horse-sacrifice)

• वै: truly/indeed

• करोमि इति: 'shall I do/perform?' thus

• विचिन्तयन्: reflecting/pondering

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)