Shloka 91

देवादिसृष्टिकथनम् (वसिष्ठशोकः, पराशरजन्म, एकलिङ्गपूजा, रुद्रदर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

रक्षार्थमागतस्त्वद्य मम बालेन्दुभूषणः को ऽन्यः समो मया लोके देवो वा दानवो ऽपि वा

Transliteration

rakṣārthamāgatastvadya mama bālendubhūṣaṇaḥ ko 'nyaḥ samo mayā loke devo vā dānavo 'pi vā

Translation

ਅੱਜ ਮੇਰੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਲਈ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਆਏ ਹੋ, ਹੇ ਬਾਲੇਂਦੁਭੂਸ਼ਣ! ਇਸ ਲੋਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੇਰੇ ਬਰਾਬਰ ਹੋਰ ਕੌਣ ਹੈ—ਦੇਵ ਹੋਵੇ ਜਾਂ ਦਾਨਵ ਵੀ?

Word by Word

• रक्षार्थम्: for protection

• आगतः: has come

• त्व् (त्वम्): you

• अद्य: today/now

• मम: for me/of me

• बालेन्दुभूषणः: O (Shiva) whose ornament is the young crescent moon

• कः अन्यः: who else

• समः: equal

• मया: to me/with me

• लोके: in the world

• देवः वा: a god or

• दानवः अपि वा: even a demon

Speaker

An exalted devotee addressing Shiva (within Suta’s narration to the sages)