Shloka 134

Devanagari script

सूर्याचन्द्रमसोलोंके प्रकाशन्ते रुचश्व॒ या: । ता: केशसंज्ञितास्त्रयक्षे व्योमकेशस्तत: स्मृत:,लोकमें जो सूर्य और चन्द्रमाकी किरणें प्रकाशित होती हैं, वे भगवान्‌ त्रिलोचनके केश कही गयी हैं। वे व्योम (आकाश)-में प्रकाशित होती हैं; इसलिये उनका नाम “व्योमकेश' है

Translation

Vyāsa said: “The rays that shine forth from the sun and the moon in this world are called the ‘hair’ of the Three‑eyed Lord. Since they blaze in vyoma—the sky—he is therefore remembered by the name Vyomakeśa, ‘he whose hair is the heavens.’”

Word by Word

सूर्यthe sun

चन्द्रमसौthe sun and the moon (dual: the two luminaries)

लोकेin the world

प्रकाशन्तेshine, are luminous

रुचःrays, lights

चand

याःwhich

ताःthose

केश-संज्ञिताःcalled 'hair' (having the designation hair)

त्र्यक्षेin/with the three-eyed one (Śiva)

व्योम-केशःVyo makeśa (one whose hair is the sky / sky-haired)

ततःtherefore, from that

स्मृतःis called/remembered

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Meter (Chandas)

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