Shloka 151

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

Devanagari script

अभिराम: सुरगणो विराम: सर्वसाधन: । ललाटाक्षो विश्वदेवो हरिणो ब्रह्म॒वर्चस:,९८५ अभिराम:--आनन्ददायक, ९८६ सुरगण:-- देवसमुदायरूप, ९८७ विराम:-- सबसे उपरत, ९८८ सर्वसाधन:--सभी साधनोंद्वारा साध्य, ९८९ ललाटाक्ष:--ललाटमें तीसरा नेत्र धारण करनेवाले, ९९० विश्वदेव:--सम्पूर्ण विश्वके द्वारा क्रीड़ा करनेवाले, ९९१ हरिण:--मृगरूप, ९९२ ब्रह्म॒वर्चस:--ब्रह्मतेजसे सम्पन्न

Transliteration

abhirāmaḥ suragaṇo virāmaḥ sarvasādhanaḥ | lalāṭākṣo viśvadevo hariṇo brahmavarcasaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu-deva said: “He is Abhirāma, the delight-giver; Suragaṇa, embodied as the host of gods; Virāma, the one who brings all activity to rest; Sarvasādhana, attainable by every means of spiritual discipline. He is Lalāṭākṣa, the bearer of the third eye upon the forehead; Viśvadeva, the divine presence pervading the whole universe; Hariṇa, appearing in the form of a deer; and Brahmavarcasa, radiant with the splendor of sacred knowledge.”

Word by Word

अभिरामःdelightful, pleasing

सुरगणःthe host of gods

विरामःcessation, rest; the one who is withdrawn

सर्वसाधनःaccomplished by all means; possessing all means

ललाटाक्षःthe one with an eye on the forehead (three-eyed)

विश्वदेवःthe all-god; universal deity

हरिणःdeer; the deer-formed one

ब्रह्मवर्चसःendowed with brahmanic radiance/holy splendor

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Suragaṇa (host of gods)

Lalāṭākṣa (the third-eyed deity, i.e., Śiva by epithet)

Viśvadeva (as an epithet)

Hariṇa (deer-form, as an epithet)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes