Shloka 6

पीतवासा-कल्पः, माहेश्वरी-दर्शनम्, रौद्री-गायत्री, महायोगेन अपुनर्भवः

Devanagari script

चतुष्पदां चतुर्वक्त्रां चतुर्हस्तां चतुःस्तनीम् चतुर्नेत्रां चतुःशृङ्गीं चतुर्दंष्ट्रां चतुर्मुखीम्

Transliteration

catuṣpadāṃ caturvaktrāṃ caturhastāṃ catuḥstanīm caturnetrāṃ catuḥśṛṅgīṃ caturdaṃṣṭrāṃ caturmukhīm

Translation

He beheld a wondrous, awe-inspiring form: four-footed, four-faced, four-armed, and four-breasted; four-eyed, four-horned, and four-tusked—an embodiment of the Lord’s inscrutable power, by which Pati (Śiva) governs the manifested order while remaining beyond all limiting bonds (pāśa).

Word by Word

• चतुष्पदाम् (catuṣpadām): four-footed

• चतुर्वक्त्राम् (caturvaktrām): four-faced / having four mouths

• चतुर्हस्ताम् (caturhastām): four-armed

• चतुःस्तनीम् (catuḥstanīm): four-breasted

• चतुर्नेत्राम् (caturnetrām): four-eyed

• चतुःशृङ्गीम् (catuḥśṛṅgīm): four-horned

• चतुर्दंष्ट्राम् (caturdaṃṣṭrām): four-tusked / four-fanged

• चतुर्मुखीम् (caturmukhīm): four-faced (reiterated as a marked epithet)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purva-Bhaga account to the sages of Naimisharanya)