Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

रराज भगवान् सोमः शक्ररूपी सदाशिवः सितातपत्रेण यथा चन्द्रबिंबेन मन्दरः

Transliteration

rarāja bhagavān somaḥ śakrarūpī sadāśivaḥ sitātapatreṇa yathā candrabiṃbena mandaraḥ

Translation

Бхагаван Сома сиял великолепием; а Садашива, принявший облик Шакры (Индры), казался горой Мандара, озарённой лунным диском, словно увенчанной белым царским зонтом.

Word by Word

• रराज: shone, blazed forth

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord, Bhagavān

• सोमः: Soma (Moon-deity)

• शक्ररूपी: having the form of Śakra (Indra-formed)

• सदाशिवः: Sadāśiva, the ever-auspicious Lord (Pati)

• सितातपत्रेण: with a white parasol (royal umbrella)

• यथा: just as, like

• चन्द्रबिंबेन: with the moon-disc/orb

• मन्दरः: (Mount) Mandara

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)