Chapter 13 · Trayodaśo’dhyāyaḥ (Thirteenth Chapter)
Verse 28
बभूवान्तर्हिता सद्यो भक्त्या ताभ्यामभिष्टुता। एवं देव्या वरं लब्ध्वा सुरथः क्षत्रियर्षभः ॥ २८ ॥
babhūvāntarhitā sadyō bhaktyā tābhyāmabhiṣṭutā | ēvaṁ dēvyā varaṁ labdhvā surathaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ || 28 ||
Translation
Praised with devotion by those two, she immediately disappeared; thus, having obtained a boon from the Goddess, Suratha, the bull among Kshatriyas,
Word by word
- babhūva
- became
- antarhitā
- disappeared
- sadyaḥ
- immediately
- bhaktyā
- with devotion
- tābhyām
- by those two
- abhiṣṭutā
- praised
- evaṁ
- thus
- devyā
- from the Goddess
- varaṁ
- boon
- labdhvā
- having obtained
- surathaḥ
- Suratha
- kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ
- bull among Kshatriyas
Meaning
The Goddess, honored by the devotion of Suratha and Samādhi, vanishes instantly. The sage begins to describe Suratha’s outcome, having received his boon, emphasizing his status as an exemplary Kshatriya.