Shloka 157

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

अनन्तपादस् त्वम् अनन्तबाहुर् अनन्तमूर्धान्तकरः शिवश् च अनन्तमूर्तिः कथम् ईदृशं त्वां तोष्ये ह्य् अतोष्यं कथमीदृशं त्वाम्

Transliteration

anantapādas tvam anantabāhur anantamūrdhāntakaraḥ śivaś ca anantamūrtiḥ katham īdṛśaṃ tvāṃ toṣye hy atoṣyaṃ kathamīdṛśaṃ tvām

Translation

Tu es Celui aux pieds infinis, aux bras infinis, aux têtes infinies—le Seigneur qui met fin à tout, Śiva Lui-même. Ta forme est sans limite ; comment pourrais-je Te satisfaire—Toi qui es vraiment au-delà d’être satisfait—comment plaire à Celui qui est ainsi, l’Infini ?

Word by Word

• अनन्त-पादः: having infinite feet

• त्वम्: you

• अनन्त-बाहुः: having infinite arms

• अनन्त-मूर्धा: having infinite heads

• अन्त-करः: the maker of the end (the one who brings dissolution/termination)

• शिवः: Shiva, the auspicious Lord

• च: and

• अनन्त-मूर्तिः: of infinite forms

• कथम्: how

• ईदृशम्: such, of this kind

• त्वाम्: you

• तोष्ये: may I satisfy/please

• हि: indeed

• अतोष्यम्: not to be satisfied (beyond complete appeasement)

• कथम्: how

• ईदृशम्: such

• त्वाम्: you

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a devotee’s stuti to Shiva within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)