Shloka 119

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

सर्वदेवमयो ऽचिन्त्यो देवतात्मात्मसंभवः ईड्यो ऽनीशः सुरव्याघ्रो देवसिंहो दिवाकरः

Transliteration

sarvadevamayo 'cintyo devatātmātmasaṃbhavaḥ īḍyo 'nīśaḥ suravyāghro devasiṃho divākaraḥ

Translation

Il est Celui qui renferme en Lui tous les dieux, l’Inconcevable au-delà du mental. Il est le Soi des divinités et, de Lui-même, naît comme le Soi intérieur. Il est digne de louange—sans maître au-dessus de Lui—lion parmi les dieux, tigre parmi les célestes, et resplendissant comme le soleil.

Word by Word

• सर्वदेवमयः: one who is constituted of all gods (all divine powers gathered in Him)

• अचिन्त्यः: inconceivable, beyond thought

• देवतात्मा: the inner Self of the deities

• आत्मसंभवः: self-born, arising from Himself

• ईड्यः: worthy of adoration/praise

• अनीशः: having no overlord, independent (an-īśa in the sense of 'none above Him')

• सुरव्याघ्रः: tiger among the gods, best of the celestials

• देवसिंहः: lion among the gods, supreme hero

• दिवाकरः: sun-like, maker of day, radiant illuminator

Speaker

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