Shloka 38

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

Devanagari script

मन्ये शक्रस्य रूपेण नूनम् अत्रागतः स्वयम् कर्तुं दैत्याधमः कश्चिद् धर्मविघ्नं च नान्यथा

Transliteration

manye śakrasya rūpeṇa nūnam atrāgataḥ svayam kartuṃ daityādhamaḥ kaścid dharmavighnaṃ ca nānyathā

Translation

Sa aking palagay, isang hamak na Daitya ang tiyak na pumarito sa anyo mismo ni Sakra (Indra), sa kanyang sariling kagustuhan—upang lumikha lamang ng hadlang sa Dharma, at wala nang iba pang dahilan.

Word by Word

• manye: I think/I consider

• śakrasya: of Śakra (Indra)

• rūpeṇa: in the form/guise

• nūnam: surely/indeed

• atra: here

• āgataḥ: has come

• svayam: by himself/of his own accord

• kartuṃ: to do/to cause

• daitya-adhamaḥ: the lowest among Daityas/a base demon

• kaścit: someone/any

• dharma-vighnam: obstruction/hindrance to dharma

• ca: and

• na anyathā: not otherwise/for no other reason

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal suspicion voiced by a character within the episode)