Shloka 14

Indra’s Account: Shilada’s Tapas and Shiva’s Manifestation as Nandi

Devanagari script

लब्धपुत्रः पिता रुद्रात् प्रीतो मम महामुने यज्ञाङ्गणं महत्प्राप्य यज्ञार्थं यज्ञवित्तमः

Transliteration

labdhaputraḥ pitā rudrāt prīto mama mahāmune yajñāṅgaṇaṃ mahatprāpya yajñārthaṃ yajñavittamaḥ

Translation

O dakilang muni, ang aking ama—nang magkamit ng anak sa biyaya ni Rudra—ay napuspos ng galak. Bilang pinakadalubhasa sa kaalaman at yaman ng paghahandog, siya’y dumating sa dakilang bakuran ng yajña upang ganapin ang ritwal.

Word by Word

• लब्धपुत्रः: having obtained a son

• पिता: father

• रुद्रात्: from Rudra / by Rudra’s grace

• प्रीतः: pleased, gratified

• मम: my

• महामुने: O great sage

• यज्ञाङ्गणम्: sacrificial arena/courtyard

• महत्: great, vast

• प्राप्य: having reached

• यज्ञार्थम्: for the purpose of the sacrifice

• यज्ञवित्तमः: the best/foremost knower (and possessor) of sacrificial means, eminent in yajña-knowledge

Speaker

Suta Goswami (outer narration; recounting an internal family/narrative episode)