Shloka 40

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

Devanagari script

बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन मयाद्यानुमितं महत् भवान्तरकृतं पापं श्रुता निन्दा भवस्य तु

Transliteration

bahunātra kimuktena mayādyānumitaṃ mahat bhavāntarakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ śrutā nindā bhavasya tu

Translation

Ano ang saysay ng pagsasabi ng marami rito? Mula pa sa simula ay malinaw ko nang naunawaan ang isang mabigat na katotohanan: ang kasalanang nagawa sa ibang estado ng pag-iral ay nahinog na—sapagkat ang paglapastangan kay Bhava (Panginoong Shiva) ay narinig na.

Word by Word

• bahunātra: here by many words

• kim uktena: what is the point of speaking

• mayā: by me

• ādi: from the beginning

• anumitam: inferred/ascertained

• mahat: great, grave

• bhava-antara-kṛtam: done in another condition/existence (former life/other state)

• pāpam: sin, demerit

• śrutā: heard

• nindā: censure, blame

• bhavasya: of Bhava (Śiva)

• tu: indeed, however

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal admonition within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)