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Shloka 26

उमास्वयंवरः / भवोद्वाहः, गणसमागमः, अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यम्, तथा विनायक-उत्पत्तिसूचना

करणश्चैव विंशत्या नवत्या केवलः शुभः पञ्चाक्षः शतमन्युश् च मेघमन्युस् तथैव च

karaṇaścaiva viṃśatyā navatyā kevalaḥ śubhaḥ pañcākṣaḥ śatamanyuś ca meghamanyus tathaiva ca

তেওঁই কৰণ, তেওঁই ‘বিশ’ আৰু ‘নব্বই’ও; তেওঁই একমাত্ৰ, পৰম শুভ। তেওঁই পঞ্চাক্ষৰী মন্ত্ৰৰ অধিপতি; তেওঁই শতমন্যু আৰু মেঘমন্যুও।

karaṇaḥthe Cause/Instrumental Cause (the One who brings about all effects)
karaṇaḥ:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
viṃśatyāas ‘Twenty’ (a sacred numerical epithet indicating ordered manifestation)
viṃśatyā:
navatyāas ‘Ninety’ (a numerical epithet indicating completeness of categories)
navatyā:
kevalaḥthe Absolute, the One without a second
kevalaḥ:
śubhaḥauspicious, beneficent
śubhaḥ:
pañcākṣaḥthe Five-syllabled One (associated with ‘namaḥ śivāya’)
pañcākṣaḥ:
śatamanyuḥ‘hundred-wrath/hundred-ardor’—the One of manifold fierce energies (protector-destroyer of pāśa)
śatamanyuḥ:
caand
ca:
meghamanyuḥ‘cloud-wrath/cloud-ardor’—the One whose power roars like a storm-cloud (subduing impurities)
meghamanyuḥ:
tathā eva caand likewise also
tathā eva ca:

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Sahasranama to the sages of Naimisharanya)