Shloka 70

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

ऊर्ध्वरेतोर्ध्वलिङ्गी च ऊर्ध्वशायी नभस्तलः त्रिजटी चीरवासाश् च रुद्रः सेनापतिर् विभुः

Transliteration

ūrdhvaretordhvaliṅgī ca ūrdhvaśāyī nabhastalaḥ trijaṭī cīravāsāś ca rudraḥ senāpatir vibhuḥ

Translation

Lui dont la puissance vitale est toujours tournée vers le haut, et qui porte le Liṅga dressé; lui qui repose au-dessus, dans l’étendue du ciel. Il est le Trois-Tresses; il porte des vêtements d’écorce; Rudra — chef des armées divines — le Seigneur qui pénètre tout.

Word by Word

• ऊर्ध्वरेतः: one whose semen/vital energy moves upward (sublimated through yoga)

• ऊर्ध्वलिङ्गी: bearer of the uplifted liṅga / one with the upward sign (urdhva-liṅga)

• च: and

• ऊर्ध्वशायी: one who lies/reposes above (transcendent)

• नभस्तलः: the expanse of the sky / the firmament

• त्रिजटी: the three-braided (matted hair) one

• चीरवासाः: wearer of bark-garments/ascetic raiment

• रुद्रः: Rudra (the fierce, purifying form of Shiva)

• सेनापतिः: commander/generalissimo (lord of hosts/gaṇas)

• विभुः: the omnipresent, sovereign Lord

Speaker

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