Shloka 19

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

Devanagari script

आवहाद्यास् तथा सप्त सोपानं हैममुत्तमम् सारथिर्भगवान्ब्रह्मा देवाभीषुधराः स्मृताः

Transliteration

āvahādyās tathā sapta sopānaṃ haimamuttamam sārathirbhagavānbrahmā devābhīṣudharāḥ smṛtāḥ

Translation

Do mesmo modo, são conhecidas as sete potências divinas começando por Āvahā, e também se descreve a excelente escadaria de ouro (da ascensão). O cocheiro é Bhagavān Brahmā, e os Devas são lembrados como os portadores das rédeas (raios/bridles).

Word by Word

• आवहाद्यास्: beginning with Āvahā (invocatory/bringing powers)

• तथा: likewise

• सप्त: seven

• सोपानम्: stairway, steps of ascent

• हैमम्: golden

• उत्तमम्: excellent, supreme

• सारथिः: charioteer

• भगवान्: venerable lord

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā

• देवाः: the gods

• अभीषुधराः: holders of reins/bridles (also ‘ray-bearers’)

• स्मृताः: are remembered/are said to be

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purva-Bhaga account to the sages, preserving an internal cosmological description)