Shloka 24
अन्धक-हिरण्याक्ष-प्रसङ्गः, वराहावतारः, दंष्ट्राभूषणं च
Devanagari script
इत्युक्ता सा तदा देवी धरा देवैर् अथाब्रवीत् वराहदंष्ट्राभिन्नायां धरायां मृत्तिकां द्विजाः
Transliteration
ityuktā sā tadā devī dharā devair athābravīt varāhadaṃṣṭrābhinnāyāṃ dharāyāṃ mṛttikāṃ dvijāḥ
Translation
देवांनी असे म्हटल्यावर देवी धरा तेव्हा म्हणाली—“हे द्विजांनो! वराहाच्या दंष्ट्रेने भेदलेल्या त्या भूमीतून पवित्र मृत्तिका घ्या।”
Word by Word
iti-uktāthus addressed
iti-uktā:
sāshe
sā:
tadāthen
tadā:
devīthe Goddess
devī:
dharāEarth
dharā:
devaiḥby the gods
devaiḥ:
athathen
atha:
abravītspoke
abravīt:
varāhaVarāha (the Boar incarnation)
varāha:
daṃṣṭrātusk
daṃṣṭrā:
bhinnāyāmin (that which is) split/cleft
bhinnāyām:
dharāyāmin the earth/ground
dharāyām:
mṛttikāmclay/earth (for ritual use)
mṛttikām:
dvijāḥO twice-born (Brahmins)
dvijāḥ:
Speaker
Dharā (Bhūdevī, the Earth-Goddess)