Shloka 29

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

सुशोभमानो वरदः सम्प्रेक्ष्यैव च सारथिम् तस्मिन्नारोहति रथं कल्पितं लोकसंभृतम्

Transliteration

suśobhamāno varadaḥ samprekṣyaiva ca sārathim tasminnārohati rathaṃ kalpitaṃ lokasaṃbhṛtam

Translation

Tuhan pemberi anugerah, bersinar gemilang, hanya dengan memandang sais, lalu menaiki rata itu—yang dibentuk secara gaib dan ditopang oleh alam-alam—menzahirkan kedaulatan Pati: berkuasa mengambil rupa demi melindungi dan mengangkat para paśu (jiwa-jiwa yang terikat).

Word by Word

• सुशोभमानः: shining, resplendent

• वरदः: the boon-giver (the Lord)

• सम्प्रेक्ष्य एव: having merely looked/glanced

• च: and

• सारथिम्: the charioteer

• तस्मिन्: upon that (chariot)

• आरोहति: mounts, ascends

• रथम्: chariot

• कल्पितम्: fashioned, magically constructed/ordained

• लोकसंभृतम्: sustained/upheld by the worlds (supported by cosmic order).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)