Shloka 49

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

Devanagari script

अथर्वास्त्रं तदा तस्य संहृतं चन्द्रकेण तु कालाग्निसदृशं चेदं नियोगान्नन्दिनस् तथा

Transliteration

atharvāstraṃ tadā tasya saṃhṛtaṃ candrakeṇa tu kālāgnisadṛśaṃ cedaṃ niyogānnandinas tathā

Translation

Тогда его оружие Атхарвы — хотя и подобное огню Времени при разрушении мира — было остановлено и отозвано Чандракой по повелению Нандина. Так страшный снаряд был усмирён шиваитской властью.

Word by Word

• अथर्वास्त्रम्: Atharva-weapon/missile (Atharvanic mantra-astra)

• तदा: then

• तस्य: of him/for him (of that one)

• संहृतम्: withdrawn, retracted, brought under control

• चन्द्रकेण: by Candraka

• तु: indeed/but

• कालाग्नि-सदृशम्: like the cosmic fire of Time (pralaya-fire)

• च इदम्: and this (weapon)

• नियोगात्: by order/command

• नन्दिनः: of Nandin (Śiva’s chief attendant)

• तथा: thus/accordingly

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana; internal action under Nandin’s command)