Shloka 111

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

असपत्नः प्रसादश् च प्रत्ययो गीतसाधकः प्रस्वेदनो ऽस्वेदनश् च आदिकश् च महामुनिः

Transliteration

asapatnaḥ prasādaś ca pratyayo gītasādhakaḥ prasvedano 'svedanaś ca ādikaś ca mahāmuniḥ

Translation

Il est l’Incomparable; la Grâce elle-même; le fondement sûr de la confiance; l’accomplisseur du chant et de l’hymne sacrés. Il est à la fois Celui qui fait perler la sueur par le tapas et Celui qui est au-delà de la sueur, intact face aux afflictions du corps. Il est le Commencement primordial et le Grand Sage—Mahāmuni.

Word by Word

• असपत्नः: unrivalled, without an opponent

• प्रसादः: grace, clarity, divine favor

• प्रत्ययः: trust, certainty, reliable cognition

• गीतसाधकः: accomplisher/perfector of गीत (hymn, chant, song), one who brings mantra to fruition

• प्रस्वेदनः: one who causes sweating/heat, one who kindles tapas

• अस्वेदनः: not sweating, unaffected, beyond fatigue and bodily change

• आदिकः: the first, primordial source

• महामुनिः: great sage, supreme seer

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s Sahasranama to the sages of Naimisharanya)