Shloka 135

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

वरशीलो वरतुलो मानो मानधनो मयः ब्रह्मा विष्णुः प्रजापालो हंसो हंसगतिर्यमः

Transliteration

varaśīlo varatulo māno mānadhano mayaḥ brahmā viṣṇuḥ prajāpālo haṃso haṃsagatiryamaḥ

Translation

সেই উত্তম শীলবান আৰু সম্যক্ সমতুল; সেইয়েই মান, মান্যজনৰ সত্য ধন। সকলোকে মাপি প্ৰকাশ কৰা আশ্চৰ্য মায়াশক্তি সেইয়েই। সেইয়েই ব্ৰহ্মা আৰু বিষ্ণু, প্ৰজাপালক; সেইয়েই হংস (পৰম শুদ্ধ আত্মা), হংসগতি আৰু যম—ধৰ্মনিয়ন্তা।

Word by Word

• वरशीलः: of noble character, virtuous in nature

• वरतुलः: perfectly balanced/proportioned, supremely well-formed

• मानः: honor, dignity, the principle of right measure

• मानधनः: whose wealth is honor / the treasure of the honorable

• मयः: consisting of māyā/power of manifestation, wondrously formative

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā (creative function)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu (preserving function)

• प्रजापालः: protector of creatures, guardian of subjects

• हंसः: Haṃsa—pure Self, supreme Paramātman

• हंसगतिः: the path/movement/state of the Haṃsa, the way of liberated consciousness

• यमः: Yama—restrainer, righteous governor, inner discipline.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (reciting the Shiva Sahasranama within the Linga Purana narrative)