Shloka 43
उच्चैःश्रवसः वर्णविपणः तथा नागशापः
Uccaiḥśravas Color-Wager and the Nāga Curse
Devanagari script
दधार भगवान् कण्ठे मन्त्रमूर्तिमिहेश्वरः । तदाप्रभूति देवस्तु नीलकण्ठ इति श्रुति:,मन्त्रमूर्ति भगवान् महेश्वरने विषपान करके उसे अपने कण्ठमें धारण कर लिया। तभीसे महादेवजी नीलकण्ठके नामसे विख्यात हुए, ऐसी जनश्रुति है
Transliteration
dadhāra bhagavān kaṇṭhe mantramūrtim iheśvaraḥ | tadāprabhṛti devastu nīlakaṇṭha iti śrutiḥ ||
Translation
绍那迦说道：主宰伊湿伐罗将那由真言所成的致命之物含持于喉中。自此以后，依传统所闻，此神便以“尼罗迦ṇṭha”（意为“青喉、蓝喉”）之名而著称。
Word by Word
दधारheld, bore
दधार:
TypeVerb
Rootधृ
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कण्ठेin (his) throat/neck
कण्ठे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकण्ठ
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
मन्त्रमूर्तिम्the mantra-embodied (poison/essence)
मन्त्रमूर्तिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्रमूर्ति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
इहhere, in this context
इह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
ईश्वरःthe Lord
ईश्वरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तद्from that (time/event)
तद्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
आप्रभृतिonwards, from then on
आप्रभृति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआप्रभृति
देवःthe god (Mahādeva)
देवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुindeed, but
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
नीलकण्ठःBlue-throated (one)
नीलकण्ठः:
TypeNoun
Rootनीलकण्ठ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus, so (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
श्रुतिःtradition, report
श्रुतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्रुति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
शौनक उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚaunakaĪ
Īśvara (Śiva/Maheśvara)N
Nīlakaṇṭha (epithet of Śiva)K
kaṇṭha (throat)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes