Shloka 18

Adhyaya 45: Rudra as Sarvatma—Seven Lokas, Seven Talas, and the Cosmic Body of Shiva

Devanagari script

वैनायकादिभिश्चैव कालनेमिपुरोगमैः पूर्वदेवैः समाकीर्णं सुतलं च तथापरैः

Transliteration

vaināyakādibhiścaiva kālanemipurogamaiḥ pūrvadevaiḥ samākīrṇaṃ sutalaṃ ca tathāparaiḥ

Translation

Sutala também se acha densamente repleta dos antigos seres divinos—liderados por Kālanemi e acompanhados por hostes como os Vaināyakas—bem como por muitas outras classes de seres.

Word by Word

• वैनायकादिभिः: by the Vaināyakas and similar hosts

• च एव: and indeed

• कालनेमि-पुरोगमैः: with Kālanemi as the foremost/leader

• पूर्व-देवैः: by the former/ancient devas (primeval divine beings)

• समाकीर्णम्: crowded, filled, thronged

• सुतलम्: Sutala (a netherworld realm)

• च: and

• तथा: likewise

• अपरैः: by others (other groups of beings).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)