Shloka 39

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

Devanagari script

त्वयैव कथितं सर्वं भवनिन्दारतेन वै प्रसंगाद्देवदेवस्य निर्गुणत्वं महात्मनः

Transliteration

tvayaiva kathitaṃ sarvaṃ bhavanindāratena vai prasaṃgāddevadevasya nirguṇatvaṃ mahātmanaḥ

Translation

Sa katunayan, ikaw mismo ang nagsabi ng lahat—na may layuning tuligsain si Bhava (Shiva). Gayunpaman, sa daloy ng mismong talakayang iyon, inihayag mo rin ang kalikasang Nirguna ng Dakilang Kaluluwa, ang Diyos ng mga diyos.

Word by Word

• त्वया एव: by you alone

• कथितम्: spoken/declared

• सर्वम्: everything

• भव-निन्दा-रतॆन: by one engaged in blaming Bhava (Śiva)

• वै: indeed

• प्रसङ्गात्: incidentally/in the course of the topic

• देव-देवस्य: of the God of gods

• निर्गुणत्वम्: quality-less transcendence (nirguṇa state)

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the internal disputation as part of the Purva-Bhaga discourse)