Shloka 23

शरभप्रादुर्भावो नाम षण्णवतितमोऽध्यायः (जलन्धरविमर्दनम्)

Devanagari script

दग्धं क्षणेन सकलं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् तपसा किं त्वया रुद्र निर्जितो भगवानपि

Transliteration

dagdhaṃ kṣaṇena sakalaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram tapasā kiṃ tvayā rudra nirjito bhagavānapi

Translation

ਇੱਕ ਛਿਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਤੂੰ ਚਰ-ਅਚਰ ਸਮੇਤ ਸਾਰਾ ਤ੍ਰਿਲੋਕ ਸਾੜ ਦਿੱਤਾ। ਹੇ ਰੁਦ੍ਰ, ਕਿਹੜੀ ਤਪੱਸਿਆ ਨਾਲ ਤੂੰ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਜਿੱਤ ਲਿਆ?

Word by Word

• दग्धम्: burned

• क्षणेन: in an instant

• सकलम्: entire

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds

• सचराचरम्: with the moving and the unmoving

• तपसा: by austerity (tapas)

• किम्: by what?/how?

• त्वया: by you

• रुद्र: O Rudra

• निर्जितः: conquered/overcome

• भगवान् अपि: even the Blessed Lord (the divine one).

Speaker

A deity/sage addressing Rudra within Suta’s narration (Purva-Bhaga dialogue context)