Shloka 6

Upamanyu’s Tapas, Shiva’s Indra-Form Test, and the Bestowal of Kshiroda and Gaṇapatya

Devanagari script

गव्यं क्षीरम् अतिस्वादु नाल्पमुष्णं नमाम्यहम् सूत उवाच उपलालितैवं पुत्रेण पुत्रम् आलिङ्ग्य सादरम्

Transliteration

gavyaṃ kṣīram atisvādu nālpamuṣṇaṃ namāmyaham sūta uvāca upalālitaivaṃ putreṇa putram āliṅgya sādaram

Translation

“O leite de vaca—sumamente doce e não demasiado quente—eu me inclino com reverência.” Disse Sūta: Assim, afagado desse modo pelo filho, o pai abraçou o filho com sincero carinho.

Word by Word

• gavyaṃ: from a cow, bovine

• kṣīram: milk

• ati-svādu: exceedingly sweet/pleasant

• na-alpa-uṣṇam: not excessively hot (mildly warm)

• namāmi: I bow/salute

• aham: I

• sūta uvāca: Sūta said

• upalālita-evam: thus caressed/fondled

• putreṇa: by (his) son

• putram: (his) son

• āliṅgya: having embraced

• sādaram: with respect/affection

Speaker

Suta