Shloka 146

Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ

Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony

Devanagari script

करोति वा स रूपाणि धारयत्यपि पर्वतम्‌ । गोरूपं च महादेवो हस्त्यश्वोष्टखराकृति:

Transliteration

karoti vā sa rūpāṇi dhārayaty api parvatam | go-rūpaṃ ca mahādevo hasty-aśvoṣṭa-kharākṛtiḥ ||

Translation

วาสุเทวะกล่าวว่า “พระองค์ทรงรับรูปได้มากมาย; ถึงกับทรงแบกรับภูเขาได้ มหาเทวะยังทรงปรากฏเป็นโค และในรูปช้าง ม้า อูฐ และลาอีกด้วย”

Word by Word

• करोति: does/makes
• करोति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रूपाणि: forms
• रूपाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• धारयति: bears/assumes/holds
• धारयति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• पर्वतम्: a mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• गो-रूपम्: cow-form
• गो-रूपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महादेवः: Mahadeva (the Great God)
• महादेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हस्ति-अश्व-उष्ट्र-खर-आकृतिः: one whose form is (like) elephant, horse, camel, and donkey
• हस्ति-अश्व-उष्ट्र-खर-आकृतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्ति (प्रा.) + अश्व (प्रा.) + उष्ट्र (प्रा.) + खर (प्रा.) + आकृति (प्रा.)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• mountain
• cow
• elephant
• horse
• camel
• donkey

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes Mahādeva’s limitless power and omniform nature: the divine can manifest in countless shapes and perform seemingly impossible acts, inviting reverence and humility in the devotee.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāsudeva is describing Mahādeva (Śiva), listing examples of the forms he can assume and his capacity to uphold immense burdens, as part of a laudatory theological exposition.