SB 4.15.17

SB 4.15.17

Devanagari

दशचन्द्रमसिं रुद्र: शतचन्द्रं तथाम्बिका ।
सोमोऽमृतमयानश्वांस्त्वष्टा रूपाश्रयं रथम् ॥ १७ ॥

Verse text

daśa-candram asiṁ rudraḥ
śata-candraṁ tathāmbikā
somo ’mṛtamayān aśvāṁs
tvaṣṭā rūpāśrayaṁ ratham

Synonyms

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.

Translation

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

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.