Shloka 59

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

महात्मा सर्वभूतश् च विरूपो वामनो नरः लोकपालो ऽन्तर्हितात्मा प्रसादो ऽभयदो विभुः

Transliteration

mahātmā sarvabhūtaś ca virūpo vāmano naraḥ lokapālo 'ntarhitātmā prasādo 'bhayado vibhuḥ

Translation

তিনি মহাত্মা, সকল ভূতে অধিষ্ঠিত; রূপাতীত হয়েও বামন ও নরের রূপ ধারণ করেন। তিনি লোকপাল, যাঁর আত্মা অন্তর্হিত; তিনি প্রসাদ-স্বরূপ, অভয়দাতা, সর্বব্যাপী বিভু।

Word by Word

• महात्मा: great-souled, magnanimous One

• सर्वभूतः: present in/pertaining to all beings

• च: and

• विरूपः: beyond form/variegated in forms

• वामनः: the dwarf-form (vāmana aspect)

• नरः: man/person (anthropomorphic form)

• लोकपालः: protector/guardian of the worlds

• अन्तर्हितात्मा: whose true Self is concealed/imperceptible

• प्रसादः: grace, favor, clarity-bestowing benevolence

• अभयदः: giver of fearlessness

• विभुः: all-pervading, sovereign Lord

Speaker

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