Shloka 53

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

Devanagari script

यान्तं तदानीं तु शिलादपुत्रम् आरुह्य नागेन्द्रवृषाश्ववर्यान् देवास्तदानीं गणपाश् च सर्वे गणा ययुः स्वायुधचिह्नहस्ताः

Transliteration

yāntaṃ tadānīṃ tu śilādaputram āruhya nāgendravṛṣāśvavaryān devāstadānīṃ gaṇapāś ca sarve gaṇā yayuḥ svāyudhacihnahastāḥ

Translation

Pada saat itu, ketika putera Śilāda (Nandin yang mulia) berangkat, para dewa dan semua gaṇa pun turut bergerak—menaiki yang terbaik: raja-raja ular, lembu jantan (vṛṣabha), dan kuda-kuda unggul—masing-masing memegang lambang senjata sendiri di tangan.

Word by Word

• यान्तम्: as (he) was going/setting forth

• तदानीम्: at that time

• तु: indeed

• शिलादपुत्रम्: the son of Śilāda (Nandin)

• आरुह्य: having mounted

• नागेन्द्र: king of serpents/serpent-lord

• वृष: bull

• अश्व: horse

• वर्यान्: the best/excellent ones

• देवाः: the Devas

• तदानीम्: at that time

• गणपाः: leaders of the Gaṇas

• च: and

• सर्वे: all

• गणाः: the Gaṇas/attendant hosts

• ययुः: went/proceeded

• स्वायुध: their own weapons

• चिह्न: marks/insignia/emblems

• हस्ताः: having (in their) hands

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)