Shloka 96

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

Devanagari script

रथेन किं चेषुवरेण तस्य गणैश् च किं देवगणैश् च शंभोः पुरत्रयं दग्धुमलुप्तशक्तेः किमेतद् इत्याहुर् अजेन्द्रमुख्याः

Transliteration

rathena kiṃ ceṣuvareṇa tasya gaṇaiś ca kiṃ devagaṇaiś ca śaṃbhoḥ puratrayaṃ dagdhumaluptaśakteḥ kimetad ityāhur ajendramukhyāḥ

Translation

“Apakah perlunya baginya sebuah kereta, atau bahkan anak panah yang paling unggul? Apakah perlunya Śambhu akan para pengiring atau bala dewa? Kekuatannya tidak pernah berkurang—dia mampu membakar tiga kota (Tripura) sendirian. ‘Maka apakah makna semua ini?’—demikian ujar para terkemuka antara Yang Tidak Lahir dan Indra (yakni Brahmā dan para dewa utama).”

Word by Word

• रथेन: with a chariot/for a chariot

• किम्: what (need)?

• चेषुवरेण: with an excellent arrow

• तस्य: for him/of him

• गणैः: with the gaṇas (Śiva’s attendants)

• च: and

• किम्: what (need)?

• देवगणैः: with the hosts of gods

• च: and

• शंभोः: of Śambhu (Śiva)

• पुरत्रयम्: the three cities (Tripura)

• दग्धुम्: to burn

• अलुप्त-शक्तेः: whose power is undiminishing/unimpaired

• किम् एतत्: what is this (purpose)?

• इति: thus

• आहुः: they said

• अजेन्द्र-मुख्याः: the foremost among Aja (Brahmā) and Indra (the leading Devas).

Speaker

Devas led by Brahma and Indra (as recounted within Suta’s narration)