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

നന്ദിയുടെ ഗണങ്ങളാൽ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ സർവ്വവ്യാപിയായ ഈശാനനെ ജയിച്ച് അവൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഞാൻ തന്നേ ഭവ (ശിവ) പദവും, അതുപോലെ ബ്രഹ്മാവിന്റെയും വിഷ്ണുവിന്റെയും പദവും ഏറ്റെടുക്കും।”

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)