Shloka 18

अन्धक-हिरण्याक्ष-प्रसङ्गः, वराहावतारः, दंष्ट्राभूषणं च

Devanagari script

जगतां हिताय भवता वसुंधरा भगवन् रसातलपुटं गता तदा अबलोद्धृता च भगवंस्तवैव सकलं त्वयैव हि धृतं जगद्गुरो

Transliteration

jagatāṃ hitāya bhavatā vasuṃdharā bhagavan rasātalapuṭaṃ gatā tadā abaloddhṛtā ca bhagavaṃstavaiva sakalaṃ tvayaiva hi dhṛtaṃ jagadguro

Translation

О Бхагаван,—ради блага всех миров Ты поднял Землю, когда она погрузилась в пустоту Расаталы. Воистину, о Господь, весь космос принадлежит лишь Тебе; Тобою одним он несом и поддерживаем, о Гуру вселенной.

Word by Word

• जगताम् (jagatām): of the worlds

• हिताय (hitāya): for the welfare

• भवता (bhavatā): by you

• वसुंधरा (vasuṁdharā): the Earth

• भगवन् (bhagavan): O Blessed Lord

• रसातलपुटम् (rasātala-puṭam): into the cavity/region of Rasātala

• गता (gatā): having gone/sunk

• तदा (tadā): then

• अबल-उद्धृता (abala-uddhṛtā): lifted up when helpless/without support

• च (ca): and

• भगवन् (bhagavan): O Lord

• तव एव (tava eva): yours alone

• सकलम् (sakalam): all, the entire (universe)

• त्वया एव (tvayā eva): by you alone

• हि (hi): indeed

• धृतम् (dhṛtam): held up/sustained

• जगद्गुरो (jagad-guro): O teacher of the world

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages; verse voiced as a praise addressed to Shiva)