Shloka 16
Upamanyu’s Tapas, Shiva’s Indra-Form Test, and the Bestowal of Kshiroda and Gaṇapatya
Devanagari script
तदेव लभ्यं नान्यत्तु विष्णुमुद्यम्य वा प्रभुम् निशम्य वचनं मातुर् उपमन्युर्महाद्युतिः
Transliteration
tadeva labhyaṃ nānyattu viṣṇumudyamya vā prabhum niśamya vacanaṃ mātur upamanyurmahādyutiḥ
Translation
“அதுவே அடையத்தக்கது; வேறொன்றல்ல.” என்று உறுதி கொண்டு, ஆண்டவன் விஷ்ணுவை நாடி முயன்றான்; தாயின் சொற்களை கேட்ட மகாதேஜஸ்வியான உபமன்யு பரமத்தை நோக்கி உழைத்தான்।
Word by Word
tad evathat alone
tad eva:
labhyamis attainable / to be obtained
labhyam:
na anyat tuand not anything else
na anyat tu:
viṣṇumVishnu
viṣṇum:
udyamyahaving undertaken / exerting himself
udyamya:
vāindeed / as for
vā:
prabhumthe Lord, the Master
prabhum:
niśamyahaving heard
niśamya:
vacanamthe statement, instruction
vacanam:
mātuḥof (his) mother
mātuḥ:
upamanyuḥUpamanyu
upamanyuḥ:
mahā-dyutiḥof great radiance/splendor
mahā-dyutiḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Upamanyu episode within the Linga Purana’s Shaiva framework)