Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.15.17
दशचन्द्रमसिं रुद्र: शतचन्द्रं तथाम्बिका ।
सोमोऽमृतमयानश्वांस्त्वष्टा रूपाश्रयं रथम् ॥ १७ ॥
daśa-candram asiṁ rudraḥ
[dasha-chandram asim rudrah]
śata-candraṁ tathāmbikā
[shata-chandram tathaambikaa]
somo ’mṛtamayān aśvāṁs
[somo ’mritamayaan ashvaams]
tvaṣṭā rūpāśrayaṁ ratham
[tvashtaa roopaashrayam ratham]
Word-for-word
daśa-candram
—
decorated with ten moons
asim
—
sword
rudraḥ
—
Lord Śiva
śata-candram
—
decorated with one hundred moons
tathā
—
in that manner
ambikā
—
the goddess Durgā
somaḥ
—
the moon-demigod
amṛta-mayān
—
made of nectar
aśvān
—
horses
tvaṣṭā
—
the demigod Viśvakarmā
rūpa-āśrayam
—
very beautiful
ratham
—
a chariot.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
daśa-candram asiṁ rudraḥ
daśa-candram
decorated with ten moons
asim
sword
rudraḥ
Lord Śiva
śata-candraṁ tathāmbikā
śata-candram
decorated with one hundred moons
tathā
in that manner
ambikā
the goddess Durgā
somo ’mṛtamayān aśvāṁs
somaḥ
the moon-demigod
amṛta-mayān
made of nectar
aśvān
horses
tvaṣṭā rūpāśrayaṁ ratham
tvaṣṭā
the demigod Viśvakarmā
rūpa-āśrayam
very beautiful
ratham
a chariot.
Lord Śiva presented him with a sword within a sheath marked with ten moons, and his wife, the goddess Durgā, presented him with a shield marked with one hundred moons. The moon-demigod presented him with horses made of nectar, and the demigod Viśvakarmā presented him with a very beautiful chariot.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Śiva offered a sword with ten moons on the sheath and Durgā offered a shield with a hundred moons. Soma offered horses of nectar and Viśvakārmā offered a beautiful chariot.
Śiva offered a sword with ten moons on the sheath. Durgā offered a shield with a hundred moons. Viśvakārmā offered a beautiful (rūpāśrayam) chariot.
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Personal Guidance
Śiva: sword in a ten-moon sheath; Durgā: hundred-moon shield; Moon: nectar-horses; Viśvakarmā: a beautiful chariot. Even the means of motion are gifts from many sources; mobility is rarely solo.
Reflection Questions
- Which of my modes of mobility (career, network, capability) were actually given by which 'demigods'?
- Where could remembering the givers humble the way I use the gifts?
My note
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