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SB 4.5.2

Devanāgarī

क्रुद्ध: सुदष्टौष्ठपुट: स धूर्जटि- र्जटां तडिद्वह्निसटोग्ररोचिषम् । उत्कृत्य रुद्र: सहसोत्थितो हसन् गम्भीरनादो विससर्ज तां भुवि ॥ २ ॥

Text

kruddhaḥ sudaṣṭauṣṭha-puṭaḥ sa dhūr-jaṭir jaṭāṁ taḍid-vahni-saṭogra-rociṣam utkṛtya rudraḥ sahasotthito hasan gambhīra-nādo visasarja tāṁ bhuvi

Synonyms

kruddhaḥ—very angry;su-daṣṭa-oṣṭha-puṭaḥ—pressing his lips with his teeth;saḥ—he (Lord Śiva);dhūḥ-jaṭiḥ—having a cluster of hair on his head;jaṭām—one hair;taḍit—of electricity;vahni—of fire;saṭā—a flame;ugra—terrible;rociṣam—blazing;utkṛtya—snatching;rudraḥ—Lord Śiva;sahasā—at once;utthitaḥ—stood up;hasan—laughing;gambhīra—deep;nādaḥ—sound;visasarja—dashed;tām—that (hair);bhuvi—on the ground.

Translation

Thus Lord Śiva, being extremely angry, pressed his lips with his teeth and immediately snatched from his head a strand of hair which blazed like electricity or fire. He stood up at once, laughing like a madman, and dashed the hair to the ground.

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