Shloka 116

Devanagari script

नाम्नां कंचित्‌ समुद्देशं वक्ष्याम्यव्यक्तयोनिन: । जब उनकी जज्ञा प्राप्त हुई है, तभी मैंने उनकी स्तुति की है। आदि-अन्तसे रहित तथा जगत्‌के कारणभूत अव्यक्तयोनि महात्मा शिवके नामोंका कुछ संक्षिप्त संग्रह मैं बता रहा हूँ,हिरण्यबाहुश्न तथा गुहापाल: प्रवेशिनाम्‌ । प्रकृष्टारिमहाहर्षो जितकामो जितेन्द्रिय: ७१३ हिरण्यबाहु:--सुनहरी कान्तिवाली सुन्दर भुजाओंसे सुशोभित, ७१४ गुहापाल: प्रवेशिनाम--गुफाके भीतर प्रवेश करनेवाले योगियोंकी गुफाके रक्षक, ७१५ प्रकृष्टारि:-- काम, क्रोध आदि शत्रुओंको क्षीण कर देनेवाले, ७१६ महाहर्ष:--परमानन्दस्वरूप, ७१७ जितकाम:--कामविजयी, ७१८ जितेन्द्रिय:--इन्द्रियविजयी

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca | nāmnāṁ kañcit samuddeśaṁ vakṣyāmy avyaktayoninaḥ | hiraṇyabāhuś ca guhāpālaḥ praveśinām | prakṛṣṭārimahāharṣo jitakāmo jitendriyaḥ |

Translation

Vāyudeva said: “I shall declare a brief selection of the names of the great Lord Śiva, whose source is the Unmanifest, who is without beginning or end and is the causal ground of the world. (He is) Hiraṇyabāhu, whose arms shine like gold; Guhāpāla, the guardian of the cave for those who enter within; the destroyer of formidable inner foes; the embodiment of supreme bliss; the conqueror of desire; and the master of the senses.”

Word by Word

नाम्नाम्of names

कञ्चित्some, a certain

समुद्देशम्enumeration, brief listing

वक्ष्यामिI shall speak/tell

अव्यक्तयोनिनःof him whose source/origin is the Unmanifest

हिरण्यबाहुःHiraṇyabāhu (golden-armed)

चand

गुहापालःGuhāpāla (guardian of the cave)

प्रवेशिनाम्of those who enter

प्रकृष्टारिःPrakṛṣṭāri (one who subdues eminent foes)

महाहर्षःMahāharṣa (great bliss/joy)

जितकामःone who has conquered desire

जितेन्द्रियःone who has conquered the senses

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Śiva (Mahādeva/Rudra implied by the epithets)

Avyakta (the Unmanifest, as a metaphysical principle)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames devotion as inseparable from ethical discipline: Śiva is praised not only as cosmic cause (avyakta-yoni) but also as the exemplar of inner victory—conquering desire and mastering the senses—implying that true worship aligns with self-control and inward purification.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva begins a concise enumeration of Śiva’s names/epithets. The listed names highlight both metaphysical stature (rooted in the Unmanifest) and yogic-protective functions (guardian of the ‘cave’ for inward-entering seekers), while emphasizing triumph over inner enemies like desire.