Shloka 50

अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)

Devanagari script

रात्यहः:श्रोत्रनयन: पक्षमासशिरो भुज: । ऋतुवीर्यस्तपोधैर्यो हृब्दगुह्दोौरुपादवान्‌,रात और दिन इनके कान और नेत्र हैं, पक्ष और मास इनके मस्तक और भुजाएंँ हैं, ऋतु वीर्य है, तपस्या धैर्य है तथा वर्ष गुह्मु-इन्द्रिय, ऊरु और पैर हैं

Transliteration

rātryahaḥ śrotranayane pakṣamāsaśiro bhujaḥ | ṛtuvīryas tapodhairyo hṛd-guhyendorupādavān ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “Night and day are his ears and eyes; the fortnight and the month are his head and arms. The seasons are his vigor; austerity is his steadfast endurance; and the year constitutes his hidden parts, thighs, and feet.”

Word by Word

रात्र्यहःश्रोत्रनयनःwhose ears and eyes are night and day

पक्षमासशिरोभुजःwhose head and arms are the fortnight and the month

ऋतुवीर्यःwhose vigor is the seasons

तपोधैर्यःwhose endurance is austerity

ह्रदगुह्योर्वुपादवान्having lakes as the (secret parts), thighs and feet (i.e., with these as his limbs)

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Wind-god)

Night

Day

Fortnight (Pakṣa)

Month (Māsa)

Seasons (Ṛtu)

Austerity (Tapas)

Year (Varṣa/Vatsara)

Moon (Indu)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes