Shloka 76

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

अमर्षणो मर्षणात्मा यज्ञहा कामनाशनः दक्षहा परिचारी च प्रहसो मध्यमस् तथा

Transliteration

amarṣaṇo marṣaṇātmā yajñahā kāmanāśanaḥ dakṣahā paricārī ca prahaso madhyamas tathā

Translation

তেওঁ অমৰ্শণ, তথাপি মৰ্শণাত্মা—ক্ষমাশীল স্বভাৱ; অহংকাৰময় যজ্ঞৰ সংহাৰক, কামনানাশক। দক্ষদৰ্পহন্তা, সৰ্বত্র পৰিচাৰী, প্ৰহাস-দীপ্ত, আৰু মধ্যম—সমত্বত স্থিত।

Word by Word

• अमर्षणः: one who does not tolerate affront to dharma

• मर्षणात्मा: whose essence is patient forbearance

• यज्ञहा: destroyer/overruler of (misdirected) sacrifice

• कामनाशनः: destroyer of desires/cravings

• दक्षहा: slayer of Dakṣa (i.e., destroyer of Dakṣa’s arrogance)

• परिचारी: one who moves about, attendant and pervading guardian

• प्रहसः: the bright laugher, blissful one

• मध्यमः: the middle one, the balanced center

• तथा: and also/likewise

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s names to the sages of Naimisharanya)