Shloka 43

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

Devanagari script

आस्तां तावन्ममेच्छायाः क्षीरं प्रति सुराधमम् निहत्य त्वां शिवास्त्रेण त्यजाम्येतत्कलेवरम्

Transliteration

āstāṃ tāvanmamecchāyāḥ kṣīraṃ prati surādhamam nihatya tvāṃ śivāstreṇa tyajāmyetatkalevaram

Translation

பாற்கடல் பற்றிய என் ஆசை இப்போது போதும், தேவர்களில் தாழ்ந்தவனே. சிவாஸ்திரத்தால் உன்னை வீழ்த்தி நான் இந்த உடலைத் துறப்பேன்.

Word by Word

• आस्ताम् (āstām): let it be / enough of that

• तावत् (tāvat): for now / to that extent

• मम (mama): my

• इच्छायाः (icchāyāḥ): of desire / of intention

• क्षीरम् (kṣīram): milk

• प्रति (prati): toward / regarding

• सुराधमम् (surādhamam): the lowest among the gods

• निहत्य (nihatya): having slain / having struck down

• त्वाम् (tvām): you

• शिवास्त्रेण (śivāstreṇa): with the weapon of Shiva (Shiva-Astra)

• त्यजामि (tyajāmi): I abandon / I renounce

• एतत् (etat): this

• कलेवरम् (kalevaram): body

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal dialogue; the immediate speaker is a deity/warrior figure invoking Shiva-Astra against an opposing deva)