Shloka 49

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

नाम्नां सहस्रं रुद्रस्य ब्रह्मणा कथितं पुरा तेन नाम्नां सहस्रेण स्तुत्वा तण्डिर्महेश्वरम्

Transliteration

nāmnāṃ sahasraṃ rudrasya brahmaṇā kathitaṃ purā tena nāmnāṃ sahasreṇa stutvā taṇḍirmaheśvaram

Translation

পূৰ্বকালত ব্ৰহ্মাই ৰুদ্ৰৰ সহস্ৰ নাম ঘোষণা কৰিছিল। সেই একে নামসহস্ৰে তণ্ডিয়ে মহেশ্বৰক স্তৱ কৰিলে।

Word by Word

• नाम्नाम्: of names

• सहस्रम्: a thousand

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra (Śiva)

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā

• कथितम्: spoken/proclaimed

• पुरा: formerly/once upon a time

• तेन: by that/with that

• नाम्नाम् सहस्रेण: with the thousand (names)

• स्तुत्वा: having praised

• तण्डिः: Taṇḍi (a devotee/sage)

• महेश्वरम्: Maheśvara, the Great Lord (Śiva)

Speaker

Suta (narrating the Purana; reporting the traditional account involving Brahma and Taṇḍi)