Shloka 12

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

Devanagari script

तटिनी रत्नपूर्णास्ते स्वर्गपातालगोचराः भाग्यहीना न पश्यन्ति भक्तिहीनाश् च ये शिवे

Transliteration

taṭinī ratnapūrṇāste svargapātālagocarāḥ bhāgyahīnā na paśyanti bhaktihīnāś ca ye śive

Translation

Те реки полны драгоценностей и доступны даже мирам Сварги и Паталы; но несчастные не видят их — те, кто лишён бхакти к Шиве.

Word by Word

• taṭinī: river

• ratna-pūrṇāḥ: filled with jewels

• te: those

• svarga: heaven

• pātāla: netherworld

• gocarāḥ: within reach/accessible

• bhāgya-hīnāḥ: bereft of good fortune/merit

• na: not

• paśyanti: (they) see/behold

• bhakti-hīnāḥ: devoid of devotion

• ca: and

• ye: those who

• śive: in/unto Śiva

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)