Shloka 97
वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)
Devanagari script
निमित्तस्थो निमित्तं च नन्दिर् नन्दिकरो हरः नन्दीश्वरः सुनन्दी च नन्दनो विषमर्दनः
Transliteration
nimittastho nimittaṃ ca nandir nandikaro haraḥ nandīśvaraḥ sunandī ca nandano viṣamardanaḥ
Translation
Il demeure dans la cause instrumentale et Il est Lui-même la Cause; Il est Nandi et le Donateur d’ānanda (béatitude); Il est Hara, Seigneur de Nandi, le Joyeux de bon augure, le Dispensateur de délice et le Destructeur de viṣa, le poison.
Word by Word
nimitta-sthaḥabiding in the (instrumental) cause
nimitta-sthaḥ:
nimittamthe instrumental cause/efficient cause
nimittam:
caand
ca:
nandiḥNandi / the Blissful One
nandiḥ:
nandikaraḥmaker of joy, giver of bliss
nandikaraḥ:
haraḥHara, the Remover (of sins/bondage)
haraḥ:
nandīśvaraḥLord of Nandi / Lord of the ganas
nandīśvaraḥ:
sunandīvery auspiciously joyful, supremely blissful
sunandī:
caand
ca:
nandanaḥbestower of delight, gladdener
nandanaḥ:
viṣa-mardanaḥcrusher/destroyer of poison (and the poison of saṃsāra)
viṣa-mardanaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s names to the sages of Naimisharanya)