Shloka 143

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

आषाढश् च सुषाढश् च स्कन्धदो हरितो हरः वपुरावर्तमानो ऽन्यो वपुःश्रेष्ठो महावपुः

Transliteration

āṣāḍhaś ca suṣāḍhaś ca skandhado harito haraḥ vapurāvartamāno 'nyo vapuḥśreṣṭho mahāvapuḥ

Translation

তেওঁ আষাঢ় আৰু সুষাঢ়—অচল আৰু পৰম অচল; স্কন্ধদ, বল-আধাৰ দাতা; হৰিতবৰ্ণ আৰু হৰ—বন্ধনহৰ। তেওঁ দেহ ৰূপান্তৰকাৰী, নানা ৰূপ ধৰি ‘অন্য’ যেন প্ৰকাশিত; তথাপি তেওঁয়েই শ্ৰেষ্ঠ ৰূপ, মহাবপু পৰমেশ্বৰ।

Word by Word

• आषाढः: steadfast/unyielding

• सुषाढः: perfectly steadfast, supremely firm

• स्कन्धदः: giver of support/strength (bestower of ‘skandha’, shoulder-bearing power)

• हरितः: green-hued, all-nourishing

• हरः: remover (of sins, pāśa/bondage), the Destroyer

• वपुरावर्तमानः: one who causes the turning/transforming of bodies, revolving through embodiments

• अन्यः: the other, the one who becomes different (assumes other forms)

• वपुःश्रेष्ठः: the best/supreme embodiment, most excellent form

• महावपुः: of great body, vast cosmic form

Speaker

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