Shloka 111

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

ईशान वज्संघात हरिकेश नमो<स्तु ते । त्रयम्बकाम्बिकनाथाय व्यक्ताव्यक्त नमोस्तु ते,ईशान! आपका शरीर वज्रके समान कठोर है। हरिकेश! आपको नमस्कार है। व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्वरूप परमेश्वर! आप त्रिनेत्रधारी तथा अम्बिकाके स्वामी हैं। आपको नमस्कार है

Transliteration

īśāna vajrasaṅghāta harikeśa namo 'stu te | trayambakāmbikanāthāya vyaktāvyakta namo 'stu te ||

Translation

O Īśāna, your body is hard as a mass of vajra; O Harikeśa, salutations to you. O supreme Lord, both manifest and unmanifest, salutations to you—three-eyed one, Lord and consort of Ambikā.

Word by Word

ईशानO Iśāna (Lord Śiva)

वज्रसङ्घातO (one like) a mass/cluster of thunderbolts

हरिकेशO one with tawny/yellow hair

नमःsalutation

अस्तुlet there be / may it be

तेto you

त्र्यम्बक-अम्बिका-नाथायto the three-eyed one, the lord of Ambikā

व्यक्त-अव्यक्तO (one who is) manifest and unmanifest

नमःsalutation

अस्तुlet there be / may it be

तेto you

ईशानO Iśāna

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Śiva (Īśāna, Harikeśa, Trayambaka, Ambikanātha)

Ambikā (Pārvatī/Durgā)

Vajra (thunderbolt)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes