Shloka 18

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

Devanagari script

वज्रिणं वज्रदंष्ट्रं च वज्रिणाराधितं शिशुम् वज्रकुण्डलिनं घोरं नीरदोपमनिःस्वनम्

Transliteration

vajriṇaṃ vajradaṃṣṭraṃ ca vajriṇārādhitaṃ śiśum vajrakuṇḍalinaṃ ghoraṃ nīradopamaniḥsvanam

Translation

Pinagninilayan ko ang Tagapagdala ng Vajra—yaong may pangil na tila vajra; ang Batang sinasamba ni Indra; ang Panginoong Maringal at Nakapanghihilakbot, may hikaw na parang vajra, at ang dagundong ng tinig ay gaya ng nagkakapal na ulap ng bagyo.

Word by Word

• वज्रिणम्: the vajra-bearer (Indra-like, wielder of the thunderbolt power)

• वज्र-दंष्ट्रम्: having vajra-like fangs/teeth

• च: and

• वज्रिणा-आराधितम्: worshipped/propitiated by Vajrin (Indra)

• शिशुम्: the child, youthful one (ever-young Lord)

• वज्र-कुण्डलिनम्: wearing vajra-like earrings

• घोरम्: terrible, awe-inspiring

• नीरद-उपम-निःस्वनम्: whose sound/roar is comparable to thunderous rain-clouds

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a stuti/namavali segment within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)