तमुवाच ततो गंगा सर्वदेवपुरोगमम् | अशक्ता धारणे देव तेजस्तव समुद्धतम् || १-३७-१५ दह्यमानाग्निना तेन संप्रव्यथितचेतना |
tam uvaaca tato gaMgaa sarva deva purogamam | ashaktaa dhaaraNe deva tejaH tava samuddhatam || 1-37-15 dahyamaanaa agninaa tena saMpravyathita cetanaa |
Translation
"River Ganga then spoke this to the Fire-god who is in the lead of all gods, 'oh, god, I am incapable to bear up the rampant fervour of yours, and while being burnt with the fire of god Shiva compounded with that of yours my life-force is very highly tortured.' [1-37-15, 16a]
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, 16a. tataH
then
gangaa
Ganga
sarvadevapurogamam
who is in forefront of all god - Fire-god
tam uvaaca
to him - \t\t\tFire-god, spoke
deva
oh God - Fire-god
samuddhatam
upheaved \t\t\t- rampant
tava tejaH
your, intense heat - fervour compounded with \t\t\tthat of Shiva
dhaaraNe
to bear up
ashaktaa
I am not \t\t\tcapable
tena agninaa dahyamaanaa
while being burnt by that fire [of the potence of \t\t\tShiva]
sampravyathitacetanaa [sam-pra-vyathita]
very \t\t\thighly tortured heart.
Chapter context
Legend of Kartikeya
31 verses · Verse 15 of 31
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