Shloka 139

रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti

Devanagari script

पीतात्मा परमात्मा च प्रयतात्मा प्रधानधृत्‌ । सर्वपारश्वमुखस्त्रयक्षो धर्मसाधारणो वर:,८८९ पीतात्मा--हिरण्मय पुरुष, ८९० परमात्मा-परत्रह्म परमेश्वर, ८९१ प्रयतात्मा--विशुद्धचित्त, ८९२ प्रधानधृत--जगत्‌के कारणभूत त्रिगुणमय प्रधानके अधिष्ठानस्वरूप, ८९३ सर्वपार्श्वमुख:--सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंकी ओर मुखवाले, ८९४ त्र्यक्ष:-- त्रिनेत्रधारी, ८९५ धर्मसाधारणो वर:--धर्म-पालनके अनुसार वर देनेवाले

Transliteration

pītātmā paramātmā ca prayatātmā pradhānadhṛt | sarvapārśvamukhas tryakṣo dharmasādhāraṇo varaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “He is the golden-souled one and the Supreme Self; his inner being is disciplined and purified; he upholds Pradhāna, the primordial ground of the world. Facing in all directions, three-eyed, he grants boons in accordance with dharma—an excellent lord who makes righteousness the common measure for all.”

Word by Word

पीतात्माhaving a golden/yellow form (golden-souled)

परमात्माthe Supreme Self

चand

प्रयतात्माself-controlled; disciplined-minded

प्रधानधृत्supporter/bearer of Pradhāna (primordial matter)

सर्वपार्श्वमुखःwhose faces are on all sides; facing every direction

त्र्यक्षःthree-eyed

धर्मसाधारणःdispensing (boons) in accordance with dharma; impartial by dharma

वरःthe excellent one; the best

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Paramātmā (the Supreme Lord)

Śiva (implied by the epithet tryakṣa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes