Shloka 37

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

Devanagari script

ततः शक्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा श्रोत्रविदारणम् उपमन्युरिदं प्राह जपन् पञ्चाक्षरं शुभम्

Transliteration

tataḥ śakrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā śrotravidāraṇam upamanyuridaṃ prāha japan pañcākṣaraṃ śubham

Translation

Pagkatapos, nang marinig ni Upamanyu ang mga salitang nakabibingi ni Śakra, siya’y sumagot habang patuloy na binibigkas ang mapalad na limang-pantig na mantra—itinutuon ang isip kay Śiva, ang Pati na pumuputol sa pāśa, ang gapos ng nakagapos na kaluluwang paśu.

Word by Word

• ततः: then

• शक्रस्य: of Śakra (Indra)

• वचनं: speech/words

• श्रुत्वा: having heard

• श्रोत्र-विदारणम्: ear-rending, piercing to the ears

• उपमन्युः: Upamanyu

• इदं: this

• प्राह: said/spoke

• जपन्: repeating (in japa)

• पञ्च-अक्षरम्: the five-syllabled (mantra, i.e., namaḥ śivāya)

• शुभम्: auspicious, beneficent

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the episode; Upamanyu is the immediate speaker within the story)