Shloka 137

Adhyaya 71: पुरत्रयवृत्तान्तः—ब्रह्मवरदानम्, मयकृतत्रिपुर-निर्माणम्, विष्णुमाया-धर्मविघ्नः, शिवस्तुति, त्रिपुरदाहोपक्रमः

Devanagari script

भाग्यवन्तश् च दैत्येन्द्रा इति चान्ये सुरेश्वराः पूजाफलमिमं तेषाम् इत्यन्ये नेति चापरे

Transliteration

bhāgyavantaś ca daityendrā iti cānye sureśvarāḥ pūjāphalamimaṃ teṣām ityanye neti cāpare

Translation

ചില സുരേശ്വരന്മാർ പറഞ്ഞു, “ദൈത്യേന്ദ്രന്മാരും ഭാഗ്യവാന്മാരാണ്.” ചിലർ, “ഇത് അവർക്കു ലഭിച്ച പൂജാഫലം,” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു; മറ്റുചിലർ വീണ്ടും, “ഇല്ല—അങ്ങനെ അല്ല,” എന്നു മറുപടി പറഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• bhāgyavantaḥ: fortunate, blessed

• ca: and

• daitya-indrāḥ: lords/chiefs of the Daityas (asuras)

• iti: thus

• ca anye: and others

• sura-īśvarāḥ: lords of the Devas

• pūjā-phalam: fruit/result of worship

• imam: this

• teṣām: of them

• iti anye: thus others

• na iti: not so / no

• ca apare: and others (another group)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the devas’ differing remarks within the story)