Shloka 4

अन्धक-हिरण्याक्ष-प्रसङ्गः, वराहावतारः, दंष्ट्राभूषणं च

Devanagari script

देवाञ्जित्वाथ दैत्येन्द्रो बद्ध्वा च धरणीमिमाम् नीत्वा रसातलं चक्रे वन्दीम् इन्दीवरप्रभाम्

Transliteration

devāñjitvātha daityendro baddhvā ca dharaṇīmimām nītvā rasātalaṃ cakre vandīm indīvaraprabhām

Translation

Победив девов, владыка дайтьев связал саму эту Землю и, унеся её в Расаталу, сделал пленницей — тёмно-сверкающей, как синий лотос.

Word by Word

• devān: the Devas (gods)

• jitvā: having conquered

• atha: then/thereupon

• daitya-indraḥ: the lord of the Daityas (demon-king)

• baddhvā: having bound

• ca: and

• dharaṇīm: the Earth

• imām: this (very)

• nītvā: having taken/led

• rasātalam: Rasātala (netherworld)

• cakre: made/caused to be

• vandīm: a captive/prisoner

• indīvara-prabhām: having the splendor/hue of a blue lotus

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya; contextual)