Shloka 154

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

मुण्डो विरूपो विकृतो दण्डी कुण्डी विकुर्वणः वार्यक्षः ककुभो वज्री दीप्ततेजाः सहस्रपात्

Transliteration

muṇḍo virūpo vikṛto daṇḍī kuṇḍī vikurvaṇaḥ vāryakṣaḥ kakubho vajrī dīptatejāḥ sahasrapāt

Translation

Il est le Tête-rasée, le Multiforme et le Transfiguré ; le Porteur du bâton, celui qui porte le bol, le Seigneur qui assume librement d’innombrables apparences. Son regard est comme l’eau ; il soutient les directions ; il brandit le vajra ; sa splendeur flamboie ; et il est le Mille-pieds — Pati, le Seigneur au-delà de toute forme limitante, loué par ces noms.

Word by Word

• मुण्डः: the shaven-headed/ascetic

• विरूपः: of diverse or nonconforming forms

• विकृतः: transformed, assuming altered forms

• दण्डी: staff-bearer (ascetic disciplinarian)

• कुण्डी: bearer of the kuṇḍikā/bowl or water-pot

• विकुर्वणः: one who manifests many appearances by divine power

• वार्यक्षः: water-eyed / whose vision is cool and purifying like water

• ककुभः: supporter of the directions/quarters

• वज्री: wielder of the vajra (irresistible power)

• दीप्ततेजाः: of blazing radiance

• सहस्रपात्: thousand-footed (all-pervading).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-Sahasranama within the Linga Purana discourse)