Shloka 57

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

Devanagari script

सहस्रनेत्रः प्रथमः सुराणां गजेन्द्रमारुह्य च दक्षिणे ऽस्य जगाम रुद्रस्य पुरं निहन्तुं यथोरगांस्तत्र तु वैनतेयः

Transliteration

sahasranetraḥ prathamaḥ surāṇāṃ gajendramāruhya ca dakṣiṇe 'sya jagāma rudrasya puraṃ nihantuṃ yathoragāṃstatra tu vainateyaḥ

Translation

Indra, o de mil olhos, chefe dos Devas, montou o elefante soberano e avançou pelo flanco sul, pretendendo destruir a cidade de Rudra—como Garuḍa (Vainateya) investe para aniquilar as serpentes.

Word by Word

• सहस्रनेत्रः: thousand‑eyed (Indra)

• प्रथमः: foremost, chief

• सुराणाम्: of the gods (Devas)

• गजेन्द्रम्: the lord of elephants (Airāvata/royal elephant)

• आरुह्य: having mounted

• च: and

• दक्षिणे: on the south/right flank

• अस्य: of this (army/host)

• जगाम: went, advanced

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra (Śiva)

• पुरम्: city/fortress

• निहन्तुम्: to slay, to destroy

• यथा: as, just as

• उरगान्: serpents

• तत्र: there/in that manner

• तु: indeed

• वैनतेयः: Vainateya, Garuḍa

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)