Shloka 155
वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)
Devanagari script
सहस्रमूर्धा देवेन्द्रः सर्वदेवमयो गुरुः सहस्रबाहुः सर्वाङ्गः शरण्यः सर्वलोककृत्
Transliteration
sahasramūrdhā devendraḥ sarvadevamayo guruḥ sahasrabāhuḥ sarvāṅgaḥ śaraṇyaḥ sarvalokakṛt
Translation
वे सहस्र-मूर्धा, देवों में देवेंद्र; ऐसे गुरु हैं जिनमें समस्त देवता समाहित हैं। सहस्र-बाहु, विश्व के प्रत्येक अंग में व्याप्त; सबके शरण्य, और समस्त लोकों के कर्ता-धर्ता हैं।
Word by Word
sahasra-mūrdhāthousand-headed (all-pervading, cosmic form)
sahasra-mūrdhā:
deva-indraḥlord/sovereign among the gods
deva-indraḥ:
sarva-deva-mayaḥconstituted of all deities (the inner Self of all)
sarva-deva-mayaḥ:
guruḥspiritual preceptor (dispeller of ignorance)
guruḥ:
sahasra-bāhuḥthousand-armed (infinite powers and agencies)
sahasra-bāhuḥ:
sarva-aṅgaḥwhose body is all limbs (the universe as His body)
sarva-aṅgaḥ:
śaraṇyaḥworthy of refuge/protector
śaraṇyaḥ:
sarva-loka-kṛtcreator/ordainer of all worlds
sarva-loka-kṛt:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a hymn of praise within the Linga Purana’s Shaiva frame)