Shloka 83
Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti
Devanagari script
वृन्दशस्तं समावृत्य जग्मुः सोमं गणैर्वृताः सहस्राणां सहस्राणि रुद्राणामूर्ध्वरेतसाम्
Transliteration
vṛndaśastaṃ samāvṛtya jagmuḥ somaṃ gaṇairvṛtāḥ sahasrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi rudrāṇāmūrdhvaretasām
Translation
वृन्दशस्तं समावृत्य जग्मुः सोमं गणैर्वृताः। सहस्राणां सहस्राणि रुद्राणामूर्ध्वरेतसाम्॥
Word by Word
vṛndaśaḥin groups/companies
vṛndaśaḥ:
tamhim/that one
tam:
samāvṛtyahaving surrounded/encircled
samāvṛtya:
jagmuḥthey went/proceeded
jagmuḥ:
somamSoma (the Moon-god/nectar-lord)
somam:
gaṇaiḥby the gaṇas (Shiva’s hosts)
gaṇaiḥ:
vṛtāḥsurrounded/attended
vṛtāḥ:
sahasrāṇām sahasrāṇithousands upon thousands
sahasrāṇām sahasrāṇi:
rudrāṇāmof the Rudras
rudrāṇām:
ūrdhva-retasāmof those whose retas (vital seed/energy) is directed upward (brahmacarya-yogins).
ūrdhva-retasām:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)