Shloka 31

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

Devanagari script

वृषेन्द्ररूपी चोत्थाप्य स्थापयामास वै क्षणम् क्षणान्तरे वृषेन्द्रो ऽपि जानुभ्यामगमद्धराम्

Transliteration

vṛṣendrarūpī cotthāpya sthāpayāmāsa vai kṣaṇam kṣaṇāntare vṛṣendro 'pi jānubhyāmagamaddharām

Translation

Assumindo a forma do Senhor Touro (Vṛṣendra), ergueu-o e o pôs de pé por um instante; mas no instante seguinte aquele touro poderoso voltou a afundar-se na terra, caindo sobre os joelhos.

Word by Word

• वृषेन्द्ररूपी: taking the form of the lordly bull

• च: and

• उत्थाप्य: having lifted up/raised

• स्थापयामास: caused to stand, set upright

• वै: indeed

• क्षणम्: for a moment

• क्षणान्तरे: in the next moment/soon after

• वृषेन्द्रः अपि: even the bull-lord

• जानुभ्याम्: on (his) two knees

• अगमत्: went, fell down

• धराम्: to the earth/ground

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)